All times Eastern. All home games in BOLD CAPS. All home games played at McKenzie Arena unless otherwise indicated.
• Southern Conference opponent. (1) Preseason WNIT, home sites. (2) Cancun Challenge, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
Credentials
Please contact Anne Wehunt, UTC Assistant
Director of Athletics Communications and
Media Relations, for all Chattanooga home
basketball game credentials. Requests should
be made in writing via email and credentials will
be limited to working members of the media.
Spouses, dates, children and other non-workers
are not permitted in press areas without prior
approval. Credentials will be available for pickup on gameday at the McKenzie Arean media
entrance.
Visiting Radio Crew
Two courtesy broadcast-quality phone lines and
one ISDN line are available for use by visiting
crew along press row.
Photographers
Credentials for photographers will be issued
on a game-by-game basis and photographers
should contact Anne Wehunt, UTC Assistant
Director of Athletics Communications and Media
Relations, with requests. Photographers can
shoot only from the endzones. No pictures may
be taken from press row and no photographers
are allowed behind team benches, scoring
tables, locker rooms and other restricted areas
without prior approval from the UTC Athletics
Communications and Media Relations Office.
Photographers not associated with a news
outlet or hired specifically by UTC will submit
within one week a CD of photos at no charge to
the athletics department.
Internet Service
UTC will provide wireless internet capability
along press row and in the media work room.
Internet Sites
Only accredited sites will be granted game
credentials or access to UTC coaches and
student-athletes. All inquiries must be made
to Anne Wehunt, UTC Assistant Director of
Athletics Communications and Media Relations.
Media Parking
There is no reserved media parking for UTC

women’s basketball games. Lady Mocs parking
is first-come, first-served except for double
headers and selected games. Parking passes
will be required for these occassions. The media
parking area is located in Lot 35 between the
McKenzie Arena and the UTC Tennis Courts.
Gameday Media Services
Members of the media will be provided with
pregame notes and statistics of both teams and
a flipcard with respective rosters and updated
team information. Food and beverages will also
be available. Statistics and running play-byplay description will be handed out at halftime.
Following the game, a final statistical packet
with complete team and individual statistics and
play-by-play will be available.
Practices
All UTC practices are open to the media and
public unless otherwise noted. Media members
are asked to contact the Communications and
Media Relations Office in advance if planning
to attend practice. The Lady Mocs hold practice
sessions at the McKenzie Arena and the
Chattem Practice Facility. Please check for
practice times and sites.
Player Interviews
During the Week - All requests for studentathlete interviews must be made at least ONE
DAY in advance with the Communications
and Media Relations Office. A time mutually
convenient for the student-athlete and member
of the media will be set up. Most interviews will be
conducted following daily practice on location at
the practice site. Student-athletes will be asked
to return telephone calls to members of the
media; student-athlete telephone numbers will
not be issued and you may not ask the studentathlete to call you. Please arrange all coaching
staff interviews through the Communications
and Media Relations Office.
After the Game - Following a 10-minute cooling
off period, Coach Wes Moore will participate
in a brief postgame radio show. Requested
UTC student-athletes will be available in the

media interview room located on the first floor
of the McKenzie Arena. The UTC locker room
is closed to the media following the game.
Coach Moore will follow the student-athletes
in the media room. Visiting postgame interview
policies are determined by the visiting school’s
representative.
To Contact Wes Moore
The best time to contact Coach Moore by
telephone is between 9:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
Monday - Friday with the exclusion of gameday.
Call the Communications and Media Relations
Office to set up an interview with Moore or any
of his coaching staff.
Tickets to the Game
Complimentary tickets are not available for
media or professional scouts. Those wishing
to purchase tickets are urged to contact the
Communications and Media Relations Office,
which will handle the order. Professional scouts
must request credentials by email (AnneWehunt@utc.edu). The cost is $15 and the seat
will be available on press row provided space is
available. Credit cards are accepted.
Lady Mocs on the Radio/Internet
Every Lady Mocs basketball game is broadcast
on the Mocs Radio Network. Fans outside of
the Mocs Radio Network listening audience can
also tune in over the internet on GoMocs.com.
Live Stats and Video Online
Live stats for all of the Lady Mocs games are
available to fans on GoMocs.com. Streaming
video of all UTC’s home games and selected
road games are available for a pay-per-view on
GoMocs.com.
Video Services
For video footage of all the Lady Mocs’ home
games, contact UTC’s Director of Creative
Services, Owen Seaton, at (423) 425-2122 or
owen-seaton@utc.edu. Requests should be
made at least one week in advance of needing
the footage.

MEDIA INFORMATION

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• GoMocs.com is the official website of the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Athletics Department. Redesigned on July
1, 2009, GoMocs.com offers the most
up-to-date news, scores and information
available on Mocs Athletics.
• GoMocs.com is managed by JumpTV
with the content updated and edited by
the UTC Communications and Media
Relations and Creative Services offices.
• Features include news and updates on
your favorite Mocs student-athletes, teams
and coaches, live statistics, on-line ticket
sales, print-at-home tickets, live in-game
audio and video streams, video highlights
and interviews, an E-store, DVD store and
photo stores.

Now you can keep up with all the latest
Chattanooga Mocs news on Facebook and
Twitter. Plus every page on GoMocs.com can
be shared to the website of your choice. You
can embed your favorite video from GoMocs.
com to your Facebook or MySpace page.
Be sure you are visiting one of three offical
Chattanooga Facebook pages.
• Chattanooga Athletics Department fan page
• Mocs Maniacs Facebook group
• Scrappy Mocs personal page
The quickest way to get the latest Mocs info on
your mobile phone is by following GoMocs.com
on Twitter. If you pair your mobile device to your
Twitter account, you will get the latest scores
and selected headlines sent right to your mobile
phone. Find the Official Chattanooga Atheltics
Twitter page at www.twitter.com/GoMocs.

Inside Lady Mocs Basketball is
the weekly magazine show which
chronicles the UTC women’s
basketball program.
Host Jim
Reynolds and UTC head coach
Wes Moore preview the upcoming
week and recap the prior week in
Lady Mocs basketball. Inside Lady
Mocs Basketball airs weekly in 13
states on Comcast/Charter Sports
Southeast (CSS) and will feature a
season preview and 13 episodes for
2009-10. Each show will also receive
additional local access airings in the
Chattanooga, Nashville, Knoxville
and Memphis markets. The shows
will also be available via Comcast
On Demand in Chattanooga,
Knoxville and Nashville as well as
online at GoMocs.com.

(rnyman@wdef.com)

Webb Wright

(wwright@wdef.com)

423-785-1278 • www.wdef.com
WRCB 3 (NBC)
Keith Cawley

(kcawley@wrcbtv.com)

Lauren Brown

(lbrown@wrcbtv.com)

423-266-5039 • www.wrcbtv.com
WTVC 9 (ABC)
Darrell Patterson

(dpatters@newschannel9.com)

Dave Staley

(dave@newschannel9.com)

423-756-6397
www.newschannel9.com

Lady Mocs on the Air
with Larry Ward

Fans and women’s
basketball
enthusiasts
alike can listen to the
crystal-clear
audio
broadcast
of
each
Chattanooga Lady Mocs
basketball game on the
Home of the Lady Mocs,
ESPN Radio 105.1 WALV
FM. When coinciding with
Mocs games will air on 106.9 FM. All games will also be broadcast
online around the world at www.GoMocs.com.
Chattanooga Lookouts Director of Broadcasting Larry Ward
begins his 11th straight season as the “Voice of the Lady Mocs”.
All broadcasts begin 20 minutes prior to tip-off with a pregame
show of insights from Head Coach Wes Moore. Stick around for the
postgame show where Ward and Moore recap the night’s game.
Following all games at the McKenzie Arena, fans can sit courtside
and listen to the postgame show live over the arena speakers.
Ward’s halftime show will highlight UTC players and coaches as well
as UTC administration and other special guests.
Ward is a veteran broadcaster with more than three decades
experience. On March 7, 2005, he was inducted into the Greater
Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame and was named the Southern
League (baseball) Radio Broadcaster of the Year in 1990 and again
in 1995. For the last 22 seasons, he has been the “Voice of the
Lookouts”. This is Ward’s second stint with
the Lady Mocs having broadcasted games
from 1989-92 for former head coach Craig
Parrott.
Ward is married to the former
Nelle Richardson and the pair recently
celebrated their 25th anniversary. The
couple resides in Harrison, Tenn., and has
one daughter, Megan who is a student at
UTC and was recently married.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE

FLETCHER hALL
If you look around the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, you will find a message chiseled for eternity into the stone
of our structures.
“We Shall Achieve”
A bold commitment that guides us in everything we do, and tells the
world what to expect from our campus. At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, we achieve, and so will you.

lUPTON lIBRARY

Achieving a goal doesn’t always come easy. UTC students are challenged through a rigorous liberal arts based general education and
state-of-the-art cirricula in their majors. Our faculty members hold
world-class credentials in teaching, research and creative endeavors
and pass this experience to students. Tutoring and other academic
support assist student success. Your future is worth the effort.

university
Fast Facts

UTC is one of the fastest growing
campuses in Tennessee, with enrollment surpassing 10,000 in 2010.
Here are some of the significant opportunities UTC has to offer:

• UTC established the SimCenter:
National Center for Computational
Engineering in 2007. The SimCenter provides computer simulations
to solve problems for industry and
government while offering research
programs.

The Student Park at UTC

• UTC’s College of Business has
ranked among the best in the nation by both BusinessWeek and the
Princeton Review. Our programs
are among the elite 10% nationwide
to receive Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business International accreditation.

heritage plaza

• UTC’s School of Nursing has
received more than $3 million in
grants the past three years to support nursing education and bring
new skills to our students.
• Our Teacher Preparation Academy
has been chosen by the Carnegie
Foundation as a “Teachers for a
New Era” institution, acknowledging our teacher licensure programs
as among the best in the nation and
a model for other universities.

UTC Place

utc College of business
Lansing Court and the University center

Chattanooga
the scenic city

Hunter Museum of american Art

Walnut Street Bridge
The Southern Belle Riverboat

• You will be impressed by Chattanooga’s revitalized Riverfront that
includes a 10-mile Riverwalk; The Passage, a celebration of Chattanooga’s Native American heritage, and the Chattanooga Pier.
• Cruise down the Tennessee River aboard the Southern Belle Riverboat and see why Chattanooga is nicknamed the “Scenic City of the
South.”
• Take a walking tour of the charming Bluff View Arts District with its
shops, restaurants and the Hunter Museum of American Art.
• The Walnut Street Bridge, connecting the Bluff View Arts District
and downtown with the North Shore District and Coolidge Park, is
one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

• Discover the Tennessee Aquarium
with its two underwater worlds:
River Journey and the new Ocean
Journey. You will see tiny seahorses, impressive Beluga sturgeon,
fierce sharks and playful otters.

rock city

• Visit Rock City where you can see
seven states from one spot.
• Located over 1120 feet beneath
the surface, Ruby Falls is the nation’s largest and deepest waterfall
open to the public.
• Lookout Mountain’s Incline Railway travels up a 72.7% grade, making it the steepest passenger railway in the world.

Miscellaneous
First game
100th game
First win
100th win
Win-Loss
Largest attendance
Most wins in a season
Most losses in a season
Most consecutive wins
Most consecutive losses
Most consecutive league wins
Most consecutive league losses

THE ROUNDHOUSE
The McKenzie Arena, originally named the UTC Arena, was
officially dedicated in December, 1982. It’s construction
is the result of a cooperative venture between the City of
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, The University of Tennessee
and the State of Tennessee.
The 210,000-square-foot, $15.5 million multipurpose
complex is home to the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga’s basketball teams. It also houses UTC’s
wrestling practice area, weight room, training room,
athletic administrative offices, coaches offices and locker
rooms for football, wrestling and men’s and women’s
basketball.
The Arena was renamed The McKenzie Arena on Feb. 21,
2000 after a generous donation from supporters Toby
and Brenda McKenzie of Cleveland, Tenn. The Arena’s
longtime nickname “The Roundhouse” came about because
of the facility’s round shape, but also because of the
railroad tradition in the city. The building that housed the
mechanism to turn locomotives around when it reached the terminal was known as the roundhouse.
The Arena has also supplies some major entertainment acts for the city of Chattanooga.
In addition to ice shows, rodeos and circuses, the Arena has also provided a stage for such
performers as Elton John who made his second appearance this year, Barry Manilow, Billy Joel,
Cher, Def Lepard and Alabama. Kenny Rogers was the building’s first event, performing for a
crowd of 12,000 on Oct. 8, 1982.

facilities
LOCKER ROOM

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball locker room is located on the second
floor of McKenzie Arena. The locker room underwent
renovations over the summer form the floor all the way to
its lighting. It features a 70-inch screen television as well
as hardwood floors, wi-fi access as well as a lounge and
study area for the student-athletes.

LAWSON Center
CHATTEM PRACTICE FACILITY

The Chattem Basketball Practice Facility is housed
within the Lawson Center and provides both the men’s
and women’s basketball programs with a consistent
practice presence throughout the year.
The Chattem Facility contains a full practice court that
is an exact design of the Mocs’ main court in McKenzie
Arena. Also included in the practice facility are four
additional practice goals, making it an ideal practice
space.
The Lawson Center, located on Vine Street just south
of the Boling Apartments on campus, consists of the
Chattem Basketball Practice Facility for both men’s and
women’s basketball and the Wolford Family Strength and
Conditioning Facility which is utilized by all UTC studentathletes.

Chattem’s Zan Guerry makes the first basket in
the new Chattem Practice Facility in Jan. 2009.

The Lady Mocs can work out in the Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning Center then go
next door to the Chattem Basketball Practice Facility for a complete workout.

LAWSON Center
athletic performance

Scott Brincks
Director of Athletic Performance

The $3.2 million Brenda Lawson Student Success Center opened in January
2009 and houses the Wolford Family Strength & Conditioning Center.

Jeff Andrews
Asst. Dir. of Athletic Performance

The newly completed $3.2 million Brenda Lawson
Student-Athlete Success Center is one of the finest
facilities of its kind in college athletics. The Center,
located on Vine Street in the heart of campus, houses
the Chattem Basketball Practice Facility and the
Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning Facility.
Also located in the Center are meeting and film rooms
that are available for all Mocs’ athletic programs to use.
Director of Athletic Performance Scott Brincks and
his staff use the facility to increase the Mocs football
team’s overall strength and conditioning level. Through
rigorous offseason workouts, and programs to maintain
peak performance during the season, the Lawson
Center and Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning
Facility will impact the Mocs’ performance on the field
for years to come.

The Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning Center has all of the state-of-the-art weight training equipment for use by the University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga student-athletes year-round.

athletic Training
first-rate care

Todd Bullard
Head Athletic Trainer

B.J. Leyser
Asst. Athletic Trainer

Joe Baughram
Asst. Athletic Trainer

Assistant Athletic Trainer Erin Weaver (left) is in her first season as
athletic trainer for the Lady Mocs basketball team.

Jessica Tanner
Asst. Athletic Trainer

The training room in McKenzie Arena serves the Mocsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; student-athletes
with state-of-the-art equipment.

The Mocs have an excellent relationship with near-by Erlanger Hospital,
providing top-quality care to all UTC student-athletes.

Erin Weaver
Asst. Athletic Trainer

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Sports
Medicine Program provides prevention, care, and
rehabilitation services for all student-athletes. UTC has
two athletic training rooms that serve all athletic teams.
Thanks to funding from Erlanger Hospital, the athletic
training rooms are equipped with the most up-to-date
rehabilitation equipment including a Biodex isokinetic
unit, a Neurocom for balance testing and training, and
a Trazer unit for functional rehabilitation. In addition, the
Chattanooga Group, Inc., provides therapeutic modalities
for use as both rehabilitation equipment and instructional
devices for students enrolled in the Graduate Athletic
Training Program.
The Graduate Athletic Training Program at UTC plays
a major role in providing certified athletic trainers to insure
that student-athletes are well taken care of. The entry-level
masters program is one of few programs in the country that
allows students to earn a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree while they gain
eligibility to sit for the Board of Certification Exam. Members
of the athletic department and the graduate program staff
the athletic training rooms. They work together to insure
quality health care for the student-athletes and quality
academic instruction for athletic training students in the
graduate program.

Located in McKenzie Arena, the Mocs’ computer lab gives student-athletes a
convenient place to study, receive tutoring help and complete assignments.

The Chattanooga Mocs have an excellent Student Support
Services department in place for all student-athletes. UTC has
recently allocated even more resources to this unit and will
have four full-time staff members prior to the start of the 2010
fall semester.
Through the use of advisors, tutors, study halls and many
other programs, Student Support Services is on hand to help
each student-athlete reach his or her ultimate goal of earning a
college degree.
Goals of Mocs Athletics Student Support Services
• To support each student athlete’s effort to receive a quality
education.
• To encourage and facilitate the goals for each student-athlete’s
career path.
• To ensure that the academic integrity of UTC is maintained.
• To comply with all rules and regulations of UTC, the Southern
Conference and the NCAA.
• To help ensure the continuing athletic eligibility during a
student-athlete’s years at UTC.

UTC students with a 3.2 grade-point-average
or greater earn Dean’s List recognition for the
semester.

The Athletic Director’s Honor Roll is made up
of student-athletes with at least a 3.0 gradepoint-average for the semester. Those listed
on the Dean’s List also receive this honor.

Alex Black, Kayla Christopher and Capriee Tucker were each named to the UTC Dean’s List and Athletics’ Director’s Honor Roll in the 2010-11 season. Bailey Dewart,
Kylie Lambert and Hannah Thurley each made the list in the Fall 2010 semester as well as the AD Honor Roll while Taylor Hall added her name to both lists in the
Spring semester. Kylie Lambert also earned a spot on the school’s Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in the Spring semester. Kayla Christopher was named to the
Southern Conference Winter All-Academic Team.

in the community
GIVING BACK

Bethel Bible Village

Area 4 Special Olympics
From left, LaCondra Mason, Kiara Smith and Jenaya Wade-Fray along with the
rest of the Lady Mocs put on a clinic each year at Bethel Bible Village.

Community service is a vital role of the collegiate studentathlete. Throughout the year, the Lady Mocs give their time
and talents to many organizations. Last summer, Head
Coach Wes Moore served as the Grand Marshall for the Area
4 Special Olympics and several of the Lady Mocs were on
hand for the event. The Lady Mocs also assisted with many
of the events at the Nursing Home Olympics in the McKenzie
Arena including the wheel chair obstacle course, bowling and
races. At ReadFest 2009 at Finley Stadium, the Lady Mocs
helped act out stories. The Lady Mocs are very involved with
the Bethel Bible Village, putting on clinics for the children. In
September, the Lady Mocs were one of several teams who
helped raise awareness and money in the fight against breast
cancer by running in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
that started and ended at the McKenzie Arena on the UTC
campus.

Lady Mocs Head Coach Wes Moore served as the Grand Marshall for the Area
4 Special Olympics. Several Lady Mocs were on hand for the events.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
Lady Mocs student-athletes Kiara Smtih (left) and Shanara Hollinquest help
out with bowling at the Nursing Home Olympics at the McKenzie Arena.

Nursing Home Olympics
Lady Mocs student-athlete Megan Rollins (standing) shares a laugh with a
participant at the Nursing Home Olympics at the McKenzie Arena.

Over the last five years, UTC has won 17 regular season and 19 tournament championships
in the Southern Conference, far more than any
other school during that time. After finishing in
the top-100 in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup
in 2009, the Mocs had their third-best showing at
No. 136 in 2011. Here is a brief list of some of
UTC’s major accomplishments in 2010-11.
• Four SoCon Team Championships
• Six Teams Represented in the Postseason
• One All-American
• One Academic All-American
• Five Southern Conference Athletes of the Year
• Two Southern Conference Freshmen of the Year
• Three Southern Conference Coaches of the Year
• Eight All-Region Performers
• 45 All-SoCon Performers

Cross country’s Emmanuel Kirwa won his fourth The women’s golf team won its secondconference race, third in the SoCon, and was the straight SoCon title and advanced to the
NCAAs for the third year in a row.
SoCon Runner of the Year for the third time.

The softball team won its fifth-straight SoCon Junior Stephan Jaeger was the SoCon Men’s Sophomore Paula Passmore was the 2010 SoTitle and advanced to the finals of the NCAA Golfer of the Year for the second year in a row, Con Volleyball Libero of the Year after leading
leading the Mocs back to the NCAAs.
the league with 5.45 digs per set.
Regionals for the first time.

Sophomore Jenna Nurik won the SoCon The Mocs wrestlers have won seven-straight Bailey Dewart returned from numerous injuSportsmanship Award and was a second team SoCon titles and are riding a 35-match winning ries to earn the SoCon Ann Lashly Inspiration
streak in league action.
Award.
all-conference selection.

academically

The Mocs’ student-athletes continue to have
tremendous success in the classroom. Below
are just a few of the Academic accolades UTC
received last year:
• The overall g.p.a. of the Mocs’ student-athletes
has increased in each of the last six trems, culminating with a school-record 2.97 in the spring.
• Over half of all UTC student-athletes earned
at least a 3.0 grade-point-average in each of the
last four semesters.
• Each member of the SoCon Champion women’s golf team made the Dean’s List in both the
fall and spring semesters.
• Wrestling had a 3.14 g.p.a. for the year, ranking
No. 7 in the nation.

The Mocs graduated 53 student-athletes dur- Senior David Moore became the 12th Moc in
ing at the summer, fall and spring commence- school history to be named Capital One Acament ceremonies in 2010-11.
demic All-American.

Senior Courtney Barnes was three-time Academ- Chris Berry earned a spot on the Capital One Sophomore Jackson Tresnan was an ITA
ic All-District and the recipient of the SoCon Bob Academic All-District team and won the SoCon Scholar Athlete and led the team with 14 sinMcCloskey Insurance Graduate Scholarship.
Outdoor 10000M race.
gles wins.

socially
The Chattanooga Mocs Athletics Department is heavily involved in community events
throughout the year. UTC student-athletes are
well represented in the annual Susan G. Komen
Race for the Cure and the Mocs are always involved with local projects such as canned food
drives, the Freshman Move-In and other activities throughout Chattanooga.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC) plans many of the Athletic Department’s
community events. The Mocs also have a presence at Chattanooga’s Special Olympics events
each year. The Mocs also host many events that
engage the local community, such as the 2011
SoCon Basketball Championships.

Nearly all of the Mocs teams work to organize or Lady Mocs soccer student-athlete Danielle Barr
participate in the annual Susan G. Komen Race gives instructions to local youth at the Girl Scouts
for the Cure on the campus of UTC.
Sports-A-Thon.

Men’s basketball senior Ricky Taylor talks Wrestling senior Dan Waddell led his teammates The softball team adopted Amanda Swartout
to youth at a local clinic hosted by the Mocs in an outing to help the local Habitat for Human- as an honorary teammate through the “Friends
men’s basketball team.
ity.
of Jaclyn Foundation.”

what’s a moc?
the evolution of the mascot

The Answer
For more than a decade, this question has puzzled many
fans and observers of Chattanooga Athletics.
The UTC Athletics Department changed logos in 1997,
moving away from Native American imagery to a package
of logos using railroad images, the nickname “Mocs,” and
the Scrappy mascot. The new package emphasized UTC’s
connection to Chattanooga and the city’s railroad heritage and
incorporated the Tennessee
state bird.
Mockingbirds are fiercely
territorial
creatures
which
protect their homes with
courage, determination and Introduced in 2008, the new-look
skill. Those attributes reflect the Scrappy has a sharper and more modern feel, mirroring the growth and imintellect, spirit and character age of UTC Athletics.
of UTC student-athletes and
alumni. A Moc is a champion
on the playing surface, in
the classroom and, most
importantly, in life.
Scrappy
Named after legendary football
coach A.C. “Scrappy” Moore, Scrappy, the Chattanooga
mascot, is a fixture for the Mocs. A re-design in 2008 puts
Scrappy in the image of the State Bird of Tennessee, a
Mockingbird. The mockingbird is known as a fierce protector of
its nest and environment. It is sometimes seen swooping down
on a dog, cat or predator that may be venturing too close to the
bird’s protected territory. Once described by “Late Night” host
Jimmy Fallon as “a sledge-hammer wielding mockingbird with
a heart of Blue & Gold,” Scrappy symbolizes that competitive
passion.

Why Mocs?

Faced with politically sensitive issues and in need of a stronger
core identity to help establish a strong brand as Chattanooga’s
Team, the athletics department embarked on a comprehensive
identity program in 1996. A new direction for the athletics identity
was determined, moving away from the politically incorrect Native
American Indian imagery.
Several identities have been used in the past. With the old
nickname “Moccasins,” a snake was used in the 1920s and an
Indian was used until the year of major change in 1996. A moccasin
shoe was even used in the
1980s.
In 1996, it was decided
to adopt the State Bird of
Tennessee, the Mockingbird, as
the core of the new identity, while
incorporating the strong regional
imagery of Chattanooga’s vast
railroad history. The mascot
“Scrappy” was born and a new
emphasis was placed on the
athletics department’s role in the The “Power C” logo is the primary
mark of Chattanooga Mocs Athletics.
region.
The
committee
also
recognized the need for the word “Chattanooga” to have a great
emphasis in the logo. The nickname “Moccasins” was shortened
to simply “Mocs.” Thus established, Chattanooga could rebuild its
athletics programs and initiatives around this new identity.
And rebuild it did. Quickly establishing the identity program in
February 1997, combined with tremendous success in the NCAA
Men’s Basketball Tournament, UTC had positioned itself to reach
for the next level.
From 1997 to 2007, the primary logo was the mascot, Scrappy,
riding a train. The secondary logo features the front of a train with
the word Mocs built into the logo. This logo is affectionately called
the “Cowcatcher logo,” referring to the front lower grill of the train
that helped push objects from the train tracks.
In August 2007, officials at Chattanooga updated the school’s
marks. A new C logo, the “Power C” as it has become known to fans
and alums, was created as the primary mark and is emblazoned
on the side of the football team’s helmets. The secondary marks
were updated with a more modern look, and a new font, unique to
the school, is now used on the text areas of the logos and marks.
In
September
2008,
Scrappy was re-branded to
better match the image of a
mockingbird and reflect the rich
tradition of our state, our city
and our University. New marks
of the head as well as a full body
were released. The program has
also been taking special efforts
to stay true to its color palette— The Cowcatcher logo has been recentwhich includes navy blue and ly modified, but is still in use by UTC
Athletics.
old gold.

2011-12
season outlook

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The Lady Mocs, winners
of 11 of the last 12 Southern
Conference women’s basketball
titles, have the target planted
squarely on their backs once
again as both the league coaches
and media selected UTC as the
preseason favorite to regain the
conference title.
Chattanooga head coach Wes
Moore topped the 500 career win
mark last season as he guided
a young, thin squad to a third
place finish in the SoCon regular
season.
The 2011-12 edition of
the Lady Mocs features 10
returning letterwinners including
four starters. All-conference
performers Whitney Hood and
Kayla Christopher along with
SoCon all-tournament selection
Kylie Lambert and four-year
starter Tenisha Townsend will
provide a strong base for a young,
experienced squad.
The Lady Mocs return 89
percent of its offense from
last season led by Southern
Conference
leading
scorer

Whitney Hood. The first-year
transfer averaged 18.8 points per
game and earned a spot on the
league’s all-conference team. She
was second in the league in field
goal percentage making more than
52 percent of her shots and led the
Lady Mocs in rebounding.
Joining her on the floor is
fellow all-conference performer
Kayla Christopher. The Oliver
Springs, Tenn., native drained 63
3-pointers last season and notched
her name into the Lady Mocs’ Top
10 chart for long-range bombs
with 119. Junior Kylie Lambert,
Chattanooga’s representative on
the SoCon all-tournament team,
averaged 8.6 points per game
last season and was second on
the team in rebounding despite
moving back to her guard position
after starting the season as a small
forward.
Senior Tenisha Townsend,
Chattanooga’s lone four-year
starter, provides stability at the
point as she looks to lead the Lady
Mocs to a third league title in her
four years. She was third on the

team in scoring with 9.0 points
per game and had a team-best 1.7
assist-turnover ratio.
Sophomore
Taylor
Hall
joined the team late last season
and saw action in 23 games for
Chattanooga despite missing the
entire fall semester. She averaged
4.0 points per game while playing
just over 11 minutes each outing.
Hall is a threat on the inside, but
can step out to shoot the 3-pointer
when needed. Fellow sophomore
Destiny Bramblett filled in
underneath last season averaging
nearly 10 minutes per game while
Lynette Harris saw sporadic time
on the floor.
Six-foot-3 transfer Faith Dupree
came to Chattanooga at the break
last year from Tennessee and will
have to sit out the remainder of her
one year through the fall semester.
She will join Chattanooga on the
floor following exams when the
Lady Mocs return to Chattanooga
for a three-game home stand
before the holiday break.
Sophomores Meghan Downes
and Alex Black will add depth to
a strong returning lineup. Black
will back up the point as well as
shooting guard while Downes will
see action on the wings. Three
freshman were added in the
offseason and will be fighting for
time on the court.
POINT GUARD
Senior Tenisha Townsend
brings stability to the point for
the Lady Mocs. As a four-year
starter, Townsend is well equipped
to quarterback Chattanooga as
they look to regain the Southern

2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
percent from the
field and made
35 percent of
3-point attempts.

Conference title. Backing her up
will be Alex Black. The Memphis,
Tenn., sophomore backed up
Townsend last season and saw
some time at the shooting guard
position as well.
SHOOTING GUARD
Juniors Kayla Christopher
and Kylie Lambert cemented
themselves on the perimeter last
season. While Christopher can be
a backup at the point, her strength
is in her shooting. Christopher
was second on the team in scoring
last season and led the Lady Mocs
in 3-point shooting making more
than 41 percent of her attempts.
Lambert moves back to the guard
position full time after starting
the season at small forward. She
used her length to grab rebounds
from any position on the court
and was second on the team.
Sophomore Meghan Downes
will back-up the wings. Her ball
handling and shooting skills will
be needed to add depth to the
perimeter. Freshman Ka’Vonne
Towns will be a welcome addition
to the squad. Before sidelined in
her senior year with a knee injury,
she was shooting better than 50

FORWARD
The
Lady
Mocs
return
SoCon leading
scorer and allconference
performer
Whitney Hood
who has seen just one season
of action at Chattanooga. Hood
transferred from Clemson and
after sitting out a year, stepped into
her role in the Lady Mocs’ fourout, one-in offense. She will be
joined this season by sophomores
Taylor Hall, Destiny Bramblett and
Lynette Harris. Hall joined the
team in December last year and by
the end of the season was reliable
off the bench. In December, the
Lady Mocs will have the services
of 6-3 forward Faith Dupree after
she transferred from Tennessee
midway through
last
year.
Freshmen Ashley
Southern
and
Kayla Freeman
will work to
dent the lineup.
Freeman scored
more
than
1500 points in
her career and
recorded nearly
1300 rebounds
and
was
a
M c D o n a l d ’s
All-America
n o m i n e e .

Southern was also a McDonald’s
All-American nominee and led
her team to two state finals and
scored nearly 2300 career points
and 1500 rebounds.
SCHEDULE
The 2011-12 University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga
women’s basketball slate will
have a bit of a different look
this season. UTC will play in
a pair of tournaments and
begin conference play early in
December. The University of
Tennessee remains a highlight,
but will be played later in the
year to accommodate for the
Preseason WNIT.
The Lady Mocs will tip off
the season hosting UAB in
the preseason tournament on
November 11 at the McKenzie
Arena. UTC is guaranteed three
games in the tournament and
a win could potentially place
Chattanooga up against Brittney
Griner and Baylor in the second

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2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
Lady Vols and legendary head coach Pat Summitt.
Summitt, with more than 1,000 career wins, was
diagnosed with early onset dementia (Alzheimer’s
type) over the summer, but will continue to guide
Tennessee throughout the season.
Chattanooga concludes the season in conference
play and will look to return to the top of the league
standings after finishing third last year.

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round.
The Lady Mocs will spend Thanksgiving in
Mexico for the Cancun Challenge hosted by Triple
Crown Sports at the Moon Palace Resort. The event
will feature 10 teams in a two-day format where
each will play two games on Thanksgiving Day and
Black Friday. Chattanooga’s two opponents are
Cincinnati and Idaho State, but the schedule has not
yet been announced.
The remainder of the non-conference slate
will be sprinkled with a few Southern Conference
matchups that begin the first of December with a
trip to UNCG on the first and Elon two days later.
Those two games will affect the final days of the fall
semester, but the situation could not be avoided.
The Lady Mocs will close out the non-conference
slate with four games bracketing the holiday break
and a single SoCon contest.
It will be revenge time for the Lady Mocs
who host Kennesaw State at the Roundhouse on
December 12. The Owls edged the Lady Mocs by a
point in overtime in Kennesaw, Ga., last year.
Three days later, Belmont will come to town
for the first game in Chattanooga since 1981.
Chattanooga will step back into SoCon
play on December 19 when it plays host to
Western Carolina followed by a trip back in
time to a former league foe East Tennessee
State. UTC will travel to Johnson City to take
on the Lady Bucs and former UTC Aide Karen
Kemp on December 22 before taking a break
for the holidays.
January will see a return to action and
a return to Knoxville as the Lady Mocs will
take on the eight-time National Champion

STAFF
Moore begins his 14th season on the bench for
Chattanooga and his 22nd overall as a head coach.
Last season he led the Lady Mocs to a third place
league finish and an overtime appearance in the
semifinals of the conference tournament. Moore
became the ninth-fastest coach in NCAA history to
reach the 500 win mark and has led Chattanooga to
more than 300 victories in his time on the bench. He
is the winningest coach in school and league history.
While Moore’s core coaching staff remains in
place, one name has changed. Associate Head Coach
Nikki Blassingame wed Mocs football assistant
coach Marcus West over the summer and will now
be referred to as Nikki West. She begins her eighth
season with Chattanooga. Assistant Coach Mike
Murray will begin his sixth year and Katie Burrows
embarks on her second season on the bench with the
Lady Mocs.
Maurice Burton steps into the graduate assistant
manager vacancy left by Michael Scruggs and the
team will now be managed by Shelby Hill and former
Lady Moc Kiara Smith.

Every member of the
2011-12 Lady Mocs call
the Southeast home.
Tennessee has the
most players with five,
Georgia has contributed
three while Kentucky
and Alabama have each
contributed two and
Mississippiand South
Carolina each have one.

2010-11 (Junior)
Named to the Southern Conference Coaches
All-Conference team … selected to the SoCon
Sports Media Association All-Conference First
Team … three-time SoCon Player of the Week
… named SoCon Player of the Month for her
performance in January ... led UTC and the
SoCon in scoring with 18.8 ppg and was ranked
26th in the NCAA … led the Lady Mocs and was
ranked second in the SoCon with a 52.5 field goal
percentage - 32nd in the NCAA … ranked sixth
for most points in a single season at UTC with
584 points … ranked ninth with 18.8 points per
game … scored in double-figures 28 times …
scored a career-high 40 points against Wofford
at the Roundhouse, first UTC player to score 40
or more since 1987 … 40 points was third-most
points ever scored in a single game at UTC …15
field goals made vs. Wofford is sixth-most at UTC
and tied for seventh in league history … 32 field
goals vs. Wofford is most in school history and
second most ever in the SoCon … pulled down
double-digit rebounds six times … recorded six
double-doubles … had career-high 13 rebounds
at Georgia Southern and against UNCG … led
Chattanooga in rebounding with 6.7 boards per
game and was sixth in the league … had careerhigh six assists vs. Georgia Southern … blocked
19 shots including a career-best three against
Davidson … made 10-of-13 free throws against
Wofford … participated in community service
projects with Bethel Bible Village and ran in the
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
Chattanooga 2009-10
Redshirted the season due to NCAA transfer
rules … participated in community service
projects with Bethel Bible Village and ran in the
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Clemson 2008-09 (Sophomore)
Played in 30 games and started 16 during the
2008-09 season ... averaged 7.2 points per game
to rank third on the team while owning the highest
field goal percentage ... also had a 3.5 rebounding
average and committed the fewest turnovers per
minutes played on the squad ... ranked 13th in
the ACC for her 46.3-percent figure ... scored
in double figures in 10 games while hitting her
career high of 16 points twice ... first 16-point
performance was in the final game of the Husky
Classic against host-Washington on Nov. 30; also
had nine rebounds in that game to nearly miss
her second career double-double ... had scored
eight points with eight rebounds in Clemson’s
first game of the Husky Classic versus Kent
State to earn all-tournament honors ... totaled 16
points on Jan. 8 as the Lady Tigers nearly upset
#2 North Carolina; converted all six of her free
throw attempts and added five rebounds and a
block in the game ... opened the season with
11 points coming off the bench against Furman
on Nov. 14 ... earned her first start of the year
in Clemson’s win at South Carolina on Nov. 19;
scored 10 points ... played just 17 minutes in the
Northwestern game on Dec. 4 due largely to foul
problems but still had eight points ... reentered
the starting lineup for the Dec. 22 Georgia
contest to start of streak of nine straight starts
... totaled 10 points against Kennesaw State on
Dec. 29 and followed with back-to-back sevenpoint games before the North Carolina game ...
hit a rough stretch during the next three games
but rebounded with 11 points and four rebounds
against Charleston Southern on Jan. 20 ... after
missing the Boston College game and playing
just 12 minutes versus Virginia due to a minor
injury, had a 12-point, six-rebound performance
against Virginia Tech; was one of just two players
in double figures that game ... following a pair
of subpar games, posted 12 points on 6-for-10
shooting with seven rebounds against Wake
Forest on Feb. 8.
Clemson 2007-08 (Freshman)
Scored in double figures in eight games during
the 2007-08 season for a 5.7 season average ...
played in all 31 games with two starts ... also had
102 total rebounds for a 3.3 per game average
... was 73-of-175 shooting during the season
for a 41.7-field goal percentage ... had one of
the top free-throw shooting figures on the team
at 75-percent ... earned her first career starting
assignment against Charlotte on Jan. 2; had 12
points in the contest ... started the next game
at Maryland as well ... scored in double figures
in her first career game, totaling 13 to tie for the
team lead in victory over Maine on Nov. 7 ...
then collected 10 rebounds in 32 minutes of play
against Western Carolina on Nov. 11; also had 8
points in the contest ... posted the first doubledouble of her career on Nov. 14 contest against

Duquesne; recorded season highs with 14 points
and had 11 rebounds against the Dukes ... was
one of only three players on the 2007-08 roster
to record a double-double during the season ...
played 29 minutes at Chattanooga, leading the
team with eight rebounds. Also had eight points
in the game and the first blocked shot of her
career ... scored 12 points off the bench in win
over Charleston Southern on Dec. 16. Was 4-for8 from the field with 4 free throws and 7 rebounds
... led the team with 11 points against Dayton on
Dec. 18. Also had three rebounds and two assists
while hitting a three-point field goal in the second
half, the first of her career ... scored in double
figures against NC State on Feb. 28 with 10 on
5-9 shooting ... had another solid game against
the Wolfpack in the ACC Tournament opening
round game; was 6-for-8 from the field for 12
points in 24 minutes of action ... also played 17
minutes against North Carolina in the second
round with five points and a pair of rebounds.
High School
Sensational post player from Mississippi, the
first Clemson player in history to hail from the
Magnolia State ... rated as the 70th player in the
nation by the All Star Girls Report and #11 for a
wing player ... was a top-five candidate for the
Gatorade female basketball player-of-the-year
award ... lettered four years at Meridian High
School ... led the Lady Wildcats to the Mississippi
State 5-A final game in 2005 and 2006 ... scored
21 points in the 2007 South State Championship
game, leading the Lady Wildcats to the state title
... was a two-time Dandy Dozen selection (2006
and 2007) as one of the top 12 female basketball
players in Mississippi ... named one of the top 30
players in the state as a freshman and sophomore
... earned all-state tournament honors in 2004,
2005, 2006 and 2007 ... was also a four-time
all-district selection as well as a four-time south
state/north state honoree ... named the Best
Offensive Player for the south team in the 2006
North/South All-Star game ... chosen to play in
the 2007 Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game
... earned team MVP honors in 2006 and 2007
at Meridian ... was also named the team’s best
rebounder all four years and was twice selected
as the Warriors’ best offensive player ... chosen
as the team captain for the 2005-06 and 2006-07
seasons ... also started on the New Albany High
School team as an eighth grader.
Personal
Born May 25, 1989 ... daughter of Vicky and Ricky
Hood ... both mother and father played basketball
at Mississippi State ... brother Ricky was a fouryear basketball letterwinner at Chattanooga ...
sister-in-law is former All-Conference performer
and four-year letterwinner for Chattanooga,
Nicole Mattison Hood ... majoring in sociology.

2010-11 (Junior)
Played and started all 31 games for the
Lady Mocs at the point … ranked third
on the team in scoring with nine points
per game and 26th in the conference …
scored in double figures 15 times, scoring
a career-high 18 points at Belmont … tied
her career-high seven rebounds against
the College of Charleston … made 54
3-pointers with a career-best four against
East Tennessee State, Georgia Southern
and UNCG … ninth in the SoCon in
3-pointers made … dished out 116 assists
and ranked eighth in the SoCon … had a
1.7 assist-turnover ratio ranking her third in
the SoCon and 50th in the NCAA …dished
out eight assists against UNCG and had
four or more assists 15 times … snared
26 steals and averaged 2.5 rebounds per
game … played a career-high 42 minutes
at Georgia Southern … participated in
community service projects at Bethel Bible
Village and ran in the Susan G. Komen
Race for the Cure … named to the UTC
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll.
2009-10 (Sophomore)
Played in all 33 games for Chattanooga,
starting 31 … averaged 23.8 minutes per
game … scored 169 points, averaging
5.1 per game … dished out 2.0 assist
per game and had an assist-turnover
ratio of 0.9 … scored a career-high

15 points against UNC Greensboro in
the Southern Conference Tournament
including a career-high three 3-pointers
… scored in double figures four times
with 13 against Samford in the regularseason finale, 11 against Oklahoma State
in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
and 10 at Appalachian State … made a
trio of 3-pointers twice … pulled down a
sesason-high six rebounds two times
… dished out five assists at Samford …
went 6-for-7 at the free throw line against
Elon … played a career-high 40 minutes
against Oklahoma State and 37 minutes
against Samford in the league tournament
finals … participated in community service
projects at Bethel Bible Village and ran in
the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
… named to the UTC Athletics Director’s
Honor Roll and received the Southern
Conference Commissioner’s Academic
Medal.
2008-09 (Freshman)
Played in 31 games for the Lady Mocs
in her rookie year, getting starts against
Tennessee, Middle Tennessee and
Richmond ... averaged 14.7 minutes per
game at point ... scored 100 points on the
year averaging 3.2 points per game and
with 37 rebounds, averaged 1.2 on the year
... shot .361 from the floor and was .321
from the 3-point line ... made 63.2 percent
of her free throw attempts ... dished out
42 assists with 13 rebounds and a blocked
shot at Furman ... played a career-best 31
minutes against Tennessee and grabbed
a career-high seven rebounds with three
assists ... had her best scoring game, 10
points, at Wofford going 3-for-3 from the
floor including a perfect 2-for-2 from the
3-point line and 2-for-2 from the charity
stripe ... scored nine points against the
College of Charleston at the McKenzie
Arena going 3-for-6 from beyond the arc
... had seven points at Samford as the
Lady Mocs clinched their 10th consecutive
regular season title ... had an assist-toturnover ratio of 0.9 .... named to the UTC
Dean’s List and Athletics Director’s Honor
Roll in the spring semester ... participated
in various community service events such
as Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure,

Bethel Bible and collected food for the
Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
High School
Named a Miss Basketball Tennessee
Finalist as a senior...McDonald’s AllAmerican nominee in her senior year...
two-time All-Region team selection, 2007,
2008...led her team to the Region title and
finsihed as State Runners-Up...named to
the All-State team her junior year...helped
the Eagles to win the State Championships
in her sophomore season...her team was
the region runners-up in her sophomore
year...in her freshman season, the
Eagles finished Runners-Up at the State
Championship...Brentwood had three
straight seasons with more than 25 wins
and posted a four-year mark of 92-37...
Tenisha averaged 13 points, three assists
and three steals her senior year and 15
points, two assists and three steals her
junior year...named to the Honor Roll her
senior year.
Personal
Full name is Tenisha Shané Townsend
... born September 28, 1990 in Nashville,
Tennessee ... nickname is “Nee Nee”,
“Lil Bit”, “T” ... daughter of Debra and
Theodore Townsend, III ... father played
football for Austin Peay State University ...
has two brothers Theo and Tremayne ...
Criminal Justice major

2010-11 (Junior)
Made her return to the court after knee
surgeries sidelined her ... saw action
in 28 games at forward ... played a
career-best 16 minutes at UNCG and
led the Lady Mocs to a 65-53 win with
a career-high 14 points ... she went
5-for-5 against the Spartans and was
4-for-5 from the free throw line ... shot
48.9 percent from the field ... recorded
blocked shots at Georgia and in the
SoCon tournament against Wofford ...
was perfect from the field seven times
... snared three rebounds three times,
against Kentucky, at Furman and
at Elon ... named to Dean’s List and
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in fall
and spring semesters … participated
in community service projects with
Bethel Bible and ran in the Susan G.
Komen Race for the Cure.
2009-10 (Sophomore)
Did not play due to injury … named
to the UTC Athletics Director’s Honor
Roll … participated in community
service projects with Bethel Bible and
ran in the Susan G. Komen Race for
the Cure.

2008-09 (Freshman)
Saw action in seven games last
season before suffering a seasonending knee injury ... played a
season-high nine minutes in the Lady
Mocs win over Alabama A&M in the
Roundhouse ... made 3-of-5 field
goals and went 3-for-5 from the free
throw line for a career-high nine points
... had two rebounds three times
(Alabama A&M, at Wofford and against
San Francisco) ... had six points at
Wofford playing just six minutes ...
averaged 4.3 minutes per game ...
averaged 2.7 points per game ... shot
53.8 percent ... named to the UTC
Dean’s List in the spring semester
and to the Athletics Director’s Honor
Roll in both semesters ... participated
in various community service events
such as Susan G. Komen Race for the
Cure, Bethel Bible and collected food
for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
High School
Led the Wildcats to three regular
season championships and the
Tournament Area championship in
her senior year...while at Fort Payne,
the Wildcats were ranked a Top 10
team in the state of Alabama...named
to the All-Area Team and All-Area
Regular Season Team over three
years...named All-State and selected
to the All-State Tournament team...
McDonald’s All-American Finalist
in 2008...scored 1,628 points over
her four-year career and recorded
a school record with 44 points in a
single game...averaged 20.4 points
and 12.8 rebounds per game as a
senior and tallied 96 blocks...team
was two-time Region Finalists...
averaged 15.6 points and 9.6
rebounds per game in her sophomore
season...Capriee tore her ACL in

September of 2006 and had to miss
her entire junior year of basketball...
she was coached by Steve Sparks...
her AAU team, the Alabama Twisters
Elite claimed the 2008 Open Division
National Championship...In 2007, the
team was ranked Top 10 in the nation
and placed ninth at the Nationals...
coached by Kristle Johnson...member
of the National Honor Society...Top 10
percent of her class...member of Mu
Alpha Theta...carried an “A” average
throughout high school...served as
Student Council Vice President...was
the public relations coordinator for
SADD...member of the Science Club,
Key Club, Mu Alpha Theta, Book Club,
Internet Predator Awareness Team
and National Honor Society
Personal
Full name is Capriee Andra Tucker ...
nickname is Priee-Priee, Cappie-T,
Cap ... born April 10, 1990 in Fort
Payne, Alabama ... daughter of
Cassandra “Sandi” Tucker and
Dwight Tucker ... her mother played
basketball at Northeast Junior College
from 1981-83 and her father played at
UAB from 1977-80 ... has one older
sister Shablis Harrell ... Psychology
major

2011-12 (Junior)
FCA Scholarship recipient
2010-11 (Sophomore)
Started all 31 games for the Lady Mocs at
guard … selected to Southern Conference
Coaches All-Conference Team … moved
into the Top 10 on the Lady Mocs alltime charts for made 3-pointers ranking
eighth with 119 … made 63 triples ranking
ninth best in a single season at UTC …
ranked 22nd in the nation by the NCAA
for 3-point field goal percentage (41.2)
… ranked fourth in SoCon for 3-point
field goal percentage (.412) … averaged
35.3 minutes per game – second most in
the SoCon … ranked 14th in the league
in scoring and second at UTC with 11.6
points per game … seventh in the SoCon
for 3-pointers made … ranked 63rd in the
nation by the NCAA with a 1.64 assistturnover ratio … ranked fourth in the
league with a 1.6 assist-turnover ratio
… averaged 3.8 rebounds per game …
dished out 97 assists, had 29 steals and
two blocked shots … shot 41.1 percent
from the floor and 75.4 percent from the
free throw line … named to Dean’s List
and Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in fall
and spring semesters … participated in
community service projects with Bethel
Bible and ran in the Susan G. Komen
Race for the Cure.

2009-10 (Freshman)
Named to the Southern Conference AllTournament First Team ... named to the
Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
... started 28 of 29 games as a rookie ...
averaged 29.9 minutes of playing time
per game ... ranked third on the team in
scoring with 8.9 points per game from
the guard position ... shot 40.5 percent
from the floor and went 49-of-114 (43%)
from the 3-point line ... posted an 82.4
free throw percentage ... pulled down
4.6 rebounds per game ... dished out
2.3 assists per game ... had 27 steals ...
scored in double digits 15 times and had a
career-high 12 rebounds against Kentucky
in Lexington ... made a career-best four
3-pointers four times including a 4-for8 performance in the NCAA Tournament
... had a career-high 18 points with nine
rebounds against Georgia Southern at
the Roundhouse ... went 7-for-12 against
the Eagles including four from beyond the
3-point line … participated in community
service projects with Bethel Bible Village
and ran in the Susan G. Komen Race
for the Cure … received the Southern
Conference Commissioner’s Academic
Medal … named to Dean’s List and
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll.

... two-time Prep X-tra First Team member
... named to the Prep X-tra Second Team
as a sophomore and Third Team as a
freshman ... named the Greater Knoxville
Hall of Fame High School Player of the
Year as a senior ... three-time Team Best
Offense and Sophomore of the Year ...
averaged more than 18 points per game
over her four years including averages
of 21.1 in her senior year and 21.4 in her
junior year ... had a single-season best
4.1 rebounds per game as a junior ...
averaged 3.7 steals per game as a senior
... played AAU ball for the Tennessee
Flight coached by Tom Insell ... attended
Nike Junior Phenom All-American Camp
in 2006 and 2007 ... named to the “Battle
in the Boro” all-tournament team in 2008 ...
attended Nike Regional Skills Academy in
2008 ... the Flight won the Nike Nationals
in 2008 ... was a two-time all-district
athlete for the Oliver Spring High School
soccer team ... named all-region in soccer
in 2008 and was a two-time honoree for
Team Best Offense in soccer ... four-time
TSSAA Academic Achievement Award
honoree ... named Who’s Who in America
High School Students ... FCA officer ...
member of the Beta Club, FBLA, student
council and Bible Club.

High School
Played for the Oliver Springs Bobcats
and was coached by her mother Michelle
Christopher ... led the Bobcats to two
Substate appearances ... three Region
titles and one Region Runner-Up finish
... four district championships ... twotime Class A “Miss Basketball” Finalist ...
nominated for McDonald’s All-American
Team in her senior year ... East-West AllStar Game MVP and 3-point champion
as a senior ... four-time TSWA All-State
selection ... two-time Class A All-State
tournament selection ... three-time
Region Tournament MVP ... All-Region
Tournament team selection ... three-time
District Tournament MVP ... All-District
Tournament Team selection ... All-District
MVP ... named to the Tennessean
Basketball “Dream Team” ... Street & Smith
Honorable Mention in her sophomore year

Personal
Full name is Kayla Alaine Christopher
... born March 21, 1991 in Harriman,
Tenn. ... daughter of Buddy and Michelle
Christopher ... has a younger sister Kelsey
... Health and Exercise Science PD:K-12
major.

2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
point … had a career game against
Appalachian State in Chattanooga’s
run for an 11th consecutive regular
season conference title with 12 points,
four 3-pointers, five rebounds and four
assists – all career-highs … scored
double digits for a second straight game
with 10 against Davidson two days
later … had a career-best three steals
against the Wildcats … recorded a
pair of blocked shots against Villanova
… played a career-high 29 minutes
against Western Carolina … was
perfect from the free throw line seven
times including a 4-for-4 performance
at Furman … shot 30.7 percent from
the 3-point line and averaged 2.3
rebounds per game … participated in
2010-11 (Sophomore)
Named to the 2011 Southern community service projects with Bethel
Conference All-Tournament Second Bible and ran in the Susan G. Komen
Team … fourth on the team in scoring Race for the Cure.
with 8.6 points per game … scored a
career-high 21 points with a 7-for-7 High School
performance at Cal State Northridge Played for the McMinn Central
that included a career-high four Chargerettes for coach Johnny
3-pointers … had 12 double-digit Morgan ... led her team to the
games … second on the team in Tennessee State Tournament Final
rebounding with 6.2 per game … Four in her junior year and Elite Eight
pulled down double figure rebounds in senior and freshman years ... the
four times … recorded double-doubles Chargeretts won three substate titles,
against Appalachian State (15 points, four-time Region champs and four11 rebounds), Western Carolina (18 time District champions ... scored
points, 10 rebounds) and Samford 1,947 career points and pulled down
(17 points, 14 rebounds) in the SoCon 669 career rebounds ... named the
tournament … her 14 rebounds against Chattanooga Times Free Press Best
the Bulldogs was a career-high … of Preps Player of the Year as a senior
recorded 70 assists, 12 blocked shots and named to the Best of Preps team
and 24 steals … named to the Athletics as a junior and sophomore ... named
Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and to the Knoxville News-Sentinel Best
spring semesters and named to the of Preps First Team in her senior year
Dean’s List in the fall … participated in ... three-time selection to the TSWA
community service projects with Bethel All-State team ... named to the State
Bible and ran in the Susan G. Komen All-Tournament Team ... played in the
BCAT East-West All-Star game ...
Race for the Cure.
played in the TACA East-West All-Star
game ... four-time member of the DPA
2009-10 (Freshman)
Saw action in 32 games for All-Area Team ... named the February
Chattanooga as a rookie averaging Farm Bureau Athlete of the Month ...
nearly 15 minutes per game at the Region MVP as a senior ... Region

Tournament MVP as a sophomore ...
two-time Region All-Tournament team
... three-time District MVP ... two-time
District Tournament MVP ... named to
the All-District team as a freshman and
to the District All-Tournament team as
a senior ... played AAU ball for McMinn
Fire since 2000 and coached by Jon
Simbeck ... member of the volleyball
team ... three-year District MVP ... twotime All-tournament team member ...
named All-District MVP and a threetime All-District selection ... member of
the track team ... set the school record
in the triple jump and tied the school
high jump record ... named the team
MVP ... competed in the 100 meter,
200 meter, triple jump, long jump and
the 4x200 meter ... qualified for the
state in the high jump ... graduated
with a 3.75 GPA, ranked 13th in her
class ... won the Art Award ... selected
the Athens Federal Best All-Around
Student-Athlete ... member of FCA,
BETA Club, Yearbook Staff and the
Interact Club.
Personal
Full name is Kylie Alexis Lambert ...
nickname is “Mae” ... born December 7,
1990 in Cleveland, Tenn. ... daughter of
Tom and Shannon Lambert ... has two
brothers, Blake and Trent ... Criminal
Justice major.

2010-11 (Freshman)
Played in 23 games for the Lady Mocs, missing eight due to injury … in her first career start, posted a career-high 13
points against Austin Peay at the McKenzie Arena … scored 11 points at the College of Charleston … averaged 14.1
minutes per game … averaged 3.2 points per game and 1.8 rebounds … dished out 20 assists and had seven steals …
recorded a career-best five rebounds at Tennessee … shot 35 percent from the floor and went 9-for-29 from the 3-point
line … shot 80 percent from the free throw line … pulled down 41 rebounds ... named to Dean’s List and Athletics
Director’s Honor Roll in fall and spring semesters … participated in community service projects with Bethel Bible and
ran in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
High School
Led the Lions to the 2010 Division II Class A state title and region championship ... Harding won both the regular
season district champs and regular season region champs ... named to the Tennessee Sports Writers All-State team
... Miss Basketball Finalist ... member of the State All-Tournament team ... selected to the All-Region team ... District
Player of the Year ... region tournament MVP ... Best of Preps All-Metro team ... averaged 16 points per game in her
senior year with four rebounds, three assists and three steals per game ... Harding advanced to the state semifinals
in her sophomore and junior years ... finished second in the region in 2008 and third in 2009 ... three-time all-region
selection ... three-time Best of Preps All-Metro team ... honorable mention All-Metro as a freshman ... two-time Miss
Basketball finalist ... averaged 15 ppg as a junior and 12 ppg in her sophomore season ... in last three seasons, the
Lions averaged 22 wins per year with a 27-5 record her senior year ... played on the Tennessee Wings coached by
Casey Barksdale and the Memphis Glory coached by Melvin Wade ... member of the Elite 8 Nationals U18 team ...
National Showcase champions, silver division ... member of the girl’s varsity soccer team that won the 2009 state title
and were 2008 state runners-up ... three-time Best of Preps All-Metro team for soccer ... four-time Best of Preps AllMetro for track and field ... track team claimed three straight region titles ... two-time long jump state champion in 2008
and 2009 ... Academic Lettering ... member of the Spanish Club ... member of the Spirit Club.
Personal
Nickname is Alex, AB ... born June 10, 1992 in Memphis, Tenn. ... daughter of Flora and John Black ... has one sibling
Orion ... coached by former UTC assistant Becky [Myatt] Starks ... undecided major.

2010-11 (Freshman)
Saw action in 26 games for Chattanooga in her rookie season … averaged 9.5 minutes per game … posted a career
night with 10 points and seven rebounds against Western Carolina at the McKenzie Arena … averaged 2.2 points per
game … had 49 rebounds including a career-best seven at Kennesaw State and against the Catamounts … had six
assists, three blocked shots and 11 steals … participated in community service projects with Bethel Bible and ran in
the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
High School
Led the Trojans to a District 17 Runner-Up finish ... two-time Region 5 Player of the Year ... two-time Region 5 AllTournament Team selection ... two-time All-Region team member ... two-time District 17 selection ... named Area Player
of the Year ... McDonald’s All-American nominee ... invitee to try out for the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star team ... Herald
Ledger All-State Second Team ... Courier Journal All-State Third Team selection ... led team in scoring (18.5 ppg)
rebounds (12.5 rpg), steals (2.7 spg), blocked shots (35), charges, deflections as a senior ... named all-state honorable
mention as a junior ... played in junior All-Star game ... named to all-tournament teams for LIS, Lady Panther Classic,
Republic Bank Holiday Classic and Gateway Holiday Classic ... finished career with 1,423 points and 953 rebounds ...
scored a career-high 33 points against Central Hardin in the opening round of the district tournament ... in her junior
year she aveaged 15.2 points, 11.1 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.9 steals per game ... The North Hardin Trojans went
61-28 over her final three years ... AAU team was the Blue Chip All-Stars coached by Jim Underwood ... graduated in
the first percentile of her class.
Personal
Nickname is DB or Dest ... born January 28, 1992 in Fort Knox, Ky. ... daughter of Jackie Bramblett and Vance Ditto ...
has four siblings: Jordan, ViAsia, JaVan and VaLeia ... coached by James Slaven ... undecided major.

2010-11 (Freshman)
Played in 29 games for the Lady Mocs … scored a career-best 10 points at Georgia Southern … made a career-best
three 3-pointers against then-ranked #18 Georgia … pulled down 42 rebounds … had a career-high six rebounds at
Kennesaw State … made 14 shots from beyond the arc … dished out 28 assists with 14 steals and one blocked shot
… had a career-best three assists against Georgia, Georgia Southern and Davidson … named to Dean’s List and
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in fall semester … participated in community service projects with Bethel Bible and ran
in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
High School
Led the Lady Eagles to back-to-back undefeated 31-0 seasons and back-to-back state championships ... McDonald’s
All-American ... Potters-house Invitational All-Tournament team ... two-time All-State ... three-time Class 5-A All region
selection ... All-Region Honorable Mention ... averaged 22 points, four rebounds, seven assists and five steals per
game as a senior ... averaged 20 points per game in her junior year and 17 per game her sophomore campaign ...
dished out five assists per game as a junior and six per game as a sophomore ... two-time track and field all-state
and all-region honoree ... track and field long jump and triple jump state champion ... member of the 2010 state
championship softball team ... two-time all-region performer and named NCSAA softball All-American ... played AAU
for the Nike Elite coached by Boscoe McAbee.
Personal
Born August 23, 1991 in Springfield, Mo. ... daughter of Patricia and David Downes ... two siblings: Dylan and Cody ...
coached by Lady Grooms ... Exercise Science major.

2010-11 (Freshman)
Joined the team following the conclusion of the Fall Semester and played in 23 games … shot 40.7 percent from the
floor scoring 93 points … shot 33.3 percent from beyond the arc making 13-of-39 … pulled down 59 rebounds … scored
a career-best 11 points against Davidson with a 5-for-7 performance … posted back-to-back games with double-digit
rebounds (11 vs. Appalachian State, 10 at UNCG) … posted a 4.0 in the spring semester ... named to Dean’s List and
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll in spring semester … participated in community service projects with Bethel Bible.
High School
Named Class AAA Miss Basketball for 2010...a four-year starter for the Lady Trojans...averaged 18.4 points, 9.8
rebounds, 3.8 steals, and 3.4 assists per game...shot 53% from the field, 44% from three-point range, and is a 84%
free-throw shooter...the District Player of the Year in both her junior and senior years, and in 2010 was the District
Tournament Most Valuable Player...in 2009 she was a Class AAA Miss Basketball finalist, an All-State selection, AllEast Tennessee, and was on the All-District and All-Region teams...in 2010, she was chosen as a nominee for both the
McDonald's All-American and Gatorade Player of the Year...scored over 1,000 points in her career and she recorded
the first quadruple-double in school history as a senior with 15 points, 11 steals, 10 assists, and 10 rebounds...an honor
student with a 4.0 grade point average.
Personal
Need personal information ... undecided major

2010-11 (Freshman)
Saw action in seven games as a rookie … pulled down four rebounds ... recorded a career-best three at
Wofford … recorded a blocked shot against College of Charleston … participated in community service projects

with Bethel Bible and ran in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

High School
Named second team All-State by the Louisville Courier-Journal ... a three-time All-District athlete ... a twotime All-Region selection ... averaged double-doubles her senior and junior years with 18.5 ppg and 10.6 rpg
as a senior and 10.3 points and 10.3 rebounds her junior year ... averaged 12.2 points and 9.8 rebounds in
her sophomore campaign and 9.3 ppg and 8.7 rebounds per game her freshman year ... also ran track for
the Trojans.
Personal
Born March 5, 1992 in Henderson, Ky. ... daughter of Annette and Benny Harris ... has a sibling Benny ...
coached by Christina Whitsell ...Biochemistry major.

faith dupree
6-3 • r-sopohmore • forward
knoxville, tennessee • webb school
2010-11 Chattanooga
Joined the Lady Mocs in the Spring Semester and sat out per NCAA transfer rules ... played over the summer in the
Rocky Top Summer League with and against several former UTK teammates.
2010-11 Knoxville
Attended school in Knoxville for the Fall Semester.
2009-10 (Knoxville - Freshman)
Saw action in two games before sitting out the remaining season and redshirting her freshman year.
High School
Was coached at Webb by Shelley Sexton Collier, the Lady Vol team captain of the 1987 NCAA Champs... During her
124 game career at Webb, she scored 1,724 points, snagged 802 rebounds, recorded 244 blocks to go along with
208 assists and 169 steals... Turned in her best stats as a senior for the Lady Spartans with 16.7 ppg, 7.4 rpg while
connecting on 56 percent of her field goal tries (179-291)... As a junior, averaged 14.3 ppg and 6.2 rpg in 32 games,
while connecting on 61 percent of field goal attempts... As a sophomore, tallied 11.6 ppg and 5.3 rpg in 34 contests and
as a freshman, posted 13.7 ppg and 7.1 rpg in 32 outings... Was a two-sport standout at Webb in both basketball and
volleyball...She was a selected as an honorable mention All-America by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
in 2009...Earned recognition as a three-time All-State honoree (2007, 2008 and 2009) and as a member of two All-State
Tournament teams (2007 and 2008)...Faith becomes the eighth all-time Lady Vol hoopster from Knoxville
National/International
Played AAU basketball with the Tennessee Flight out of Shelbyville, Tenn. from 2004-08...Team won Nike Nationals in
2008.
Personal
Faith Noelle Dupree ... born Nov. 17 in Knoxville ... her father is Perry Dupree and her mother and stepfather are Gena
and John Bryant ... Has an older sister, Emily who plays volleyball at Covenant College and a younger sister, Lauren
Bryant ... Selected UT over Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia Tech before transferring to Chattanooga in her sophomore
year ... Sociology and Anthropology major.

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ashlen dewart
6-3 • junior • forward
spartanburg, south carolina • dorman high school
2011-12 (Chattanooga)
Will sit out this season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2010-11 (Appalachian State – Sophomore)
Played in 32 games for the Mountaineers, starting 26 … Coaches’ all-conference selection … First Team All-Conference by the
SoCon Sports Media Association … scored her 1,000th career point with her 19th point against Elon on 3/6/11 at Chattanooga
in the SoCon Tournament – 20th at Appalachian State and third youngest … led ASU in scoring (500 points) and scoring average (15.6 ppg) … ranked fifth in the SoCon for scoring and 117th in the NCAA … led the Mountaineers in scoring 11 times … led
the SoCon in field goal percentage (53.4 percent) and 29th in the NCAA … ninth in the league in rebounding with 6.4 boards per
game, second at ASU … led team in rebounding 12 times … recorded six double-doubles ... shot 74.6 from the free throw line –
10th in the SoCon … recorded 36 blocked shots, averaging 1.1 per game, ranked eighth in the SoCon and second at ASU … for
her efforts against Richmond (12 points, two rebounds) East Tennessee State (14 points, four rebounds) and Gardner-Webb (34
points, 11 rebounds) – shot .750 (24-for-32) and tied career-high with 34 points netting a sixth career double-double … earned
second SoCon Player of the Week leading Mountaineers to wins over Samford (21 points, seven rebounds) and Chattanooga (28
points, six rebounds) … helped lead team to first SoCon title since 1995-96 years and most wins overall (25) and in the SoCon
(17) in school history.
2009-10 (Appalachian State – Freshman)
Played in all 35 games, making 31 starts … led ASU in scoring (519 points) and scoring average (14.8 ppg) … led the team in
field goal percentage shooting a stout 53.0 percent … ranked second in the conference and 25th in NCAA Division I in field-goal
percentage … ranked second on the team in rebounds, averaging 5.8 boards per game … ranked second in the SoCon in field
goal percentage, fourth in scoring, eighth in blocks, 11th in rebounds, 13th in offensive rebounds and 14th in defensive boards …
scored in double-figures in 29 contests … led Appalachian in scoring 17 times … had eight games scoring 20-plus points … paced
ASU in rebounding five times … for her efforts against ETSU (scoring 30 points and hauling in 14 boards ) and Furman (scoring 16 points and grabbing six rebounds), named SoCon Player of the Week on December 22 … tallied a career-high 34 points
against Bowling Green (Dec. 23) … the 34 points are the 10th most in a single game in ASU program history … named to the
SoCon coaches all-freshman team … earned second team all-conference honors from the SoCon Sports Media Association …
averaged 18.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in the Women’s Basketball Invitational en route to being named the WBI Most
Outstanding Player
High School
Four-year letter winner in basketball … earned all-State honors her senior year … top-five player in South Carolina … McDonald’s
all-America nominee … named to the Adidas top-64 players lists her sophomore, junior and senior years … Spartanburg Herald
Journal Player of the Year … three-time Herald Journal Player of the Week … five-time Dorman athlete of the week … North Carolina vs. South Carolina all-star game nominee … named to South Carolina state tournament all-tournament team and all-region as
a junior … named squad’s best offensive player her junior year …led team in scoring, rebounding and blocks her junior and senior
season … AAU team (South Carolina 76er’s) finished third in the nation in 2008
Personal
Full name is Ashlen Laine Dewart … daughter of Jay and Angie Dewart … born March 28, 1991 … father, Jay, played basketball
at Limestone … mother, Angie, played basketball and volleyball at Limestone … both parents are in the Limestone Athletic Hall
of Fame … sister Bailey, played for Chattanooga (2006-10) and was the 2011 Ann Lashley Inspiration Award honoree … major is
undecided.

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kayla freeman
6-0 • FRESHAMN • forward
CARLTON, GEORGIA • MADISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
High School
Four-time Athens Banner Herald All-Area First Team … scored 1,566 career points averaging 13.2 over her four
years with the Raiders … pulled down 1,274 career rebounds (10.7 per game) … the Raiders went 94-25 over her
four years and advanced into the state tournament three times … two-time Region Champs … advanced to the
Sweet 16 in 2009, Elite Eight in 2010 and the Final Four in 2008 … averaged 17.9 points per game and 11.2 rebounds per game as a senior … named team MVP as a senior and won the Rebound Award three times with averages of 12 boards per year … McDonald’s All-American nominee … two-year team captain and four-year letter winner
… averaged 15 points and 12 rebounds as a junior, 12 points and 12 rebounds in her sophomore year and 12 points
and eight rebounds in her freshman year … coached by Dan Lampe … played AAU for the Georgia Elite and helped
her team to a state title … coached by Tim Ellis … maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout high school and was
ranked in the top five percent of her class … served as a Class Officer all four years … member of the Multicultural
club … ranked fourth in her class.
Personal
Kayla Sondia Freeman … born September 21 in Athens, Ga. … daughter of Sonja and Stanley Freeman … her
father played basketball at North Georgia College and State University … sister Courtney plays basketball for SoCon
rival Appalachian State … undecided major.

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ashley southern
6-2 • FRESHMAN • forward
TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA • DESHLER HIGH SCHOOL
High School
Helped lead the Tigers to a four-year record of 109-25 … Deshler advanced to the state finals in 2008 and 2010 and
the Final Four in 2009 … led the Tigers to NW Region titles in 2008, 2009, 2010 … team claimed the Colbert County
title in 2009, 2010 and 2011 … team claimed the Area Championship in 2008, 2010 and 2011 … named a McDonald’s All-American nominee as a senior … selected to the Birmingham News Super 8 Senior Team … selected to the
Alabama-Mississippi All-Star team as a senior and the North-South All-Star team in her junior season … two-time
4A-5A-6A Times Daily Player of the Year (junior and senior) and named to the Times Daily All-Area Team … threetime All-State selection – First Team junior and senior years and Second Team as a sophomore … 4A MVP Northwest Region … three-time All-County, All-Area and All-Region team member … scored 2,267 career points (18.3
ppg) and 1,434 career rebounds (11.6 rpg) … after a respectable rookie year averaging seven points and 6.1 rebounds went on to average in double figures in points and rebounds over the next three seasons … as a sophomore
averaged 18.7 ppg, 12.5 rpg ... as a junior averaged 20.1 ppg, 12.4 rpg … as a senior averaged 22.8 ppg, 12.6 rpg
… coached by Jana Killen … played AAU ball for Bob Harris and the North Alabama Twisters … helped lead team to
the 2010 AAU Alabama 16U State title and the runner-up crown in 2009 … four-year member of the volleyball team
at outside hitter … closed out career with 2,300 kills and helped lead the team to a state runner-up finish in 2007.
Personal
Ashley Southern … born April 29 in Tuscumbia, Ala. … daughter of Angela and Steve Southern … has an older sister
Brittany.

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ka’VONNE TOWNS
5-10 • FRESHAMN • GUARD
LILBURN, GEORGIA • BERKMAR HIGH SCHOOL
High School
Four-year varsity starter … helped team to three straight state tournament appearances … named to Gwinnet Tip
Off Club Team of the Month in November and December in senior year before an injury sidelined her the rest of the
season … averaged 17 ppg … shot 51 percent from the field and 35 percent from the 3-point throw line … named
all-region as a junior and selected to the Gwinnet County All-Star team … received Patriot Varsity Participation Award
as a sophomore and recorded 100 steals as a freshman, second best on team … coached by McCutcheon and Todd
McCutcheon … began AAU basketball at age eight playing on a 10U team … received the Coaches Award in eighth
grade and named to the All-County Team … member of the AAU Georgia Elite team coached by Tim Ellis … 2009
AAU Nationals 16U All-American … led team to seven Georgia State titles and two Sweet 16 National Tournament
appearances … 2009 Runner-Up finish at the 16U National Championships.
Personal
Ka’Vonne Shantell Towns … daughter of Yolandra Evans … has a sister Kiara.

November 21, 1987
at Emory University........................... 57-51
January 15, 1990
at Fisk University............................... 73-60
February 4, 1992
vs. Tennessee Temple.................................
March 18, 1998
vs. Arkansas Tech............................... 69-61
February 3, 2003
at College of Charleston.................... 85-75
January 6, 2007
at Appalachian State.......................... 84-74
January 31, 2011
vs. College of Charleston................... 65-48

at Chattanooga
1 November 21, 1998
vs. Samford........................................ 72-65
50 January 20, 2001
at Davidson........................................ 78-60
100 February 3, 2003
at College of Charleston.................... 85-75
200 January 6, 2007
at Appalachian State.......................... 84-74
300 January 31, 2011
vs. College of Charleston................... 65-48
in the Southern Conference
1 November 28, 1998
at Davidson........................................ 86-64
50 February 4, 2002
at Western Carolina........................... 83-52
100 January 22, 2005
at Furman.......................................... 63-56
150 January 21, 2008
at Wofford......................................... 74-59
200 January 31, 2011
vs. College of Charleston................... 65-48

Since arriving in Chattanooga in 1998, Lady Mocs head coach Wes Moore has built
a reputation not only as a top coach in the Southern Conference, but as one of the
nation’s best. With a 490-141 overall record, he is ranked fifth by the NCAA in winning
percentage at .777. He became the first Southern Conference coach to reach the 100win plateau and currently holds a 176-28 record in league play. He is the winningest
coach in Chattanooga history with a record of 290-85 in 12 years.
Upon his arrival, Moore quickly returned the Lady Mocs to the top of the Southern
Conference reclaiming the league title in just his second year at the helm. He guided the
Lady Mocs to a first place league finish and a WNIT berth.
Moore’s teams have continued to win picking up 11 successive conference titles, an
unprecedented feat in SoCon history, and 11 consecutive post season tournament
appearances including eight NCAA bids.
Excluding his first year, Moore’s teams have posted an impressive
294-68 overall record for a .815 winning percentage, the best
by any coach in the Southern Conference. In 2008,
the Lady Mocs posted a Southern Conference
record of 18-0, their third undefeated
season in five years. On top of that,
the Lady Mocs carried the
nation’s longest-active
winning streak in to

the NCAA
Tournament for
the third time in five
years.
Three
times
under
Moore’s tutelage the Lady Mocs
held the nation’s longest active
winning streak. In the 2003-04 campaign,
Chattanooga capped off a school-record 27-game
win streak that began at Thanksgiving and ended with an
NCAA Tournament win over Rutgers. In 2005-06, the Lady Mocs
nearly matched that feat with 26 straight wins picking up victories over
Auburn, UAB, Middle Tennessee and Stephen F. Austin along the way. In 2007-08, UTC
kicked off its run to the NCAA tournament with a win over Alabama before running past
Weber State and Miami (Ohio) in the UTSA New Year’s Classic and picking up 18 wins in
the SoCon.
The Lady Mocs have made waves on the national front receiving votes in two
national polls. In the 2005-06 campaign, the Lady Mocs climbed as high as 26 in the USA
Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll and 30th in the AP Top 25 Poll with 26 votes. In this
year’s inaugural preseason CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 Poll, the Lady Mocs
were selected 17th.
In the 2004 postseason, the Lady Mocs made history with its first-ever NCAA win,
upsetting Big East foe Rutgers.
The Lady Mocs’ success captured the hearts of basketball fans in the area.
Chattanooga has continually ranked among the nation’s leaders in average home
attendance. All of the Lady Mocs top 20 attended games came with Moore at the helm
including two from the 2005-06 campaign. The largest crowd to watch the Lady Mocs
was Nov. 19, 2004 when Tennessee came to town and 10,051 fans nearly filled the
McKenzie Arena to capacity. That currently ranks as the 11th largest crowd to ever
watch a UTC home game, men’s or women’s. The two NCAA Tournament games UTC

hosted in 2004 averaged almost 7,000 fans each.
In each of the last two years, the Lady Mocs have been named
the SoCon winners of the NCAA “Pack the House” challenge. In 2008,
7,008 fans filled the arena to watch the Lady Mocs take on the two-time
defending National Champion Lady Vols. Fans were treated to a nearupset as the Lady Mocs came within three points of defeating UTK for the
first time. Last year, UTC claimed the title again with a crowd of 4,004
when they hosted then-ranked No. 16
Georgia.
Chattanooga’s fans have
been thrilled to witness
11 consecutive 20-win
seasons by the Lady
Mocs. They are the only
women’s team in Southern
Conference history to post
11 consecutive years with
20-plus wins.
Moore has been
named the Southern
Conference Coach of
the Year five times in his
12 years at UTC. With a
winning percentage of
.777, he is ranked fifth
by the NCAA for winning
percentage
among
active coaches and
sixth
all-time
coaches with
10 or more
years
of
coaching

Educational Background
experience at the Division I level.
Bachelor’s
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College,
1984
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27 SoCon
of Tennessee,
coaches1986
All Conference
• Master’s
Degree
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Education, Univ. honorees
of Tennessee,
1987
selections
and- and
32 All-Tournament
including
four last year.
Athletic Background
Alex Anderson became the first UTC and Southern
Conference
Player to be drafted by the WNBA. She was selected
• Johnson
Bible
College
39th
overall
by
the
San Antonio Silver Stars and currently plays professionally
Point
overseas.
Guard
Teammate Laura Hall, an All-Conference athlete, was invited by the
Connecticut Sun to participate in camp tryouts.
Family
Jenaya Wade-Fray was selected last year
• Wife,
to play
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for
Great Britain in the Eurocup qualifying tournament and
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in Germany where she has captured
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Week honor.
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at
Chattanooga have happened faster•than
Aprilany
22, other
1957
Lady Mocs coach. He reached No. 100 in just 140
games when UTC topped College
Coaching
of Charleston
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a 78-60 victory Chattanooga:
over Davidson
1998-present
on Jan. 20,
2000.
Frances Marion: 1995-98
Moore’s accomplishments
NC State:
1993-95
started
by
orchestrating
the best turnaround
Maryville:
in NCAA1987-93
Division
I women’s basketball. Chattanooga’s women’s
basketball team improved its record by 16 games in
1999-2000 over the 1998-99 season.
Moore was a unanimous choice as the
1999-2000 Southern Conference Coach of the Year
after leading UTC to a 26-5 overall mark and 17-1
record in league play while guiding UTC to the school’s
first conference title since 1992. The 17 wins were the
most by any team in school and SoCon history.
The Lady Mocs hold 11 Southern
Conference records including the the top
seven in number of wins, the top
four for 3-pointers made in a
game and the top seven
for 3-pointers made in
a season. The 200708 season is
ranked
third
o n

the all-time charts.
Moore, the third women’s basketball coach
in the program’s 32-year history, was named the
Lady Mocs’ leader on April 30, 1998, and with
little preparation time before the season, guided
UTC to a 10-17 record and a tie for seventh place
in the conference standings.
His 1998-99 team finished sixth in the
country averaging seven 3-pointers per game.
The team made a then school-record 188 3-point
shots. UTC finished with eight conference wins
that season, the fourth most in school history.
Before taking his first Division I headcoaching job at UTC, Moore had great success
owning a 200-56 record and making seven
national tournament appearances in nine years
as a head coach at the Division II and III levels.
Moore came to Chattanooga from Francis
Marion where he guided his teams to a 69-20
overall mark in three years. In his final season,
the Patriots went 30-3, advanced to the Division
II Final Four and were ranked fifth in the final
1997-98 USA Today/WBCA Top 25 poll. That
FMU squad also captured the Peach Belt
Athletic Conference and South Atlantic Region
tournament championships.
In his first year at Francis Marion, Moore
took a Patriot squad that was 11-15 the season
before and led it to an 18-9 record and a secondplace showing during the conference regular
season. He was named Peach Belt Athletic
Conference Coach of the Year for his efforts.
The following year (1996-97), he guided Francis
Marion to a 21-8 record and another secondplace finish in the Peach Belt. He also took
the Patriots to their first-ever NCAA Division II
national tournament appearance.
Student-athletes recruited by Moore

captured two Peach Belt Athletic
Conference freshman of the year honors,
garnered five all-conference spots and
received one player of the year award.
Prior to Francis Marion, Moore served
as women’s basketball assistant coach
at North Carolina State for two years.
During that time, the Wolfpack went 3424 and reached the Sweet 16.
Before his two seasons at N.C. State,
Moore was head coach at Maryville
College in Maryville, Tenn., for six years.
There, he won 78 percent of his games
(131-36) and took the Lady Scots to five
NCAA Division III national tournaments,
including the Division III Sweet 16. In his
first season at Maryville, Moore took a
program that was 3-47 the two previous
years and tied the then-school record for
wins in a season at 15.
Moore was named the Converse/
WBCA District 5 Coach of the Year in
1990, 1992 and 1993. In 1993, he was
one of eight finalists for National Coach
of the Year.
He also spent three seasons (198487) as a men’s assistant coach at Johnson
Bible College in Knoxville, Tenn. Moore
has been a motivational and instructional
speaker at various coaching clinics, banquets
and basketball camps and was the director of
the Kay Yow Basketball Camp (N.C. State) in
1994.
Moore earned a B.S. degree in Religion
from Johnson Bible College and both B.S. and
M.S. degrees in Physical Education from the
University of Tennessee. As a point guard at
Johnson Bible College, Moore helped his team to
one conference championship and a sixth-place
finish at the National Christian College Athletic
Association (NCCAA) National Tournament.
During his playing career, he earned allconference and all-tournament honors.
Moore is married to the former Linda
Hardison.

COACHING HONORS
According to the NCAA, the only women’s basketball coach to take three
different teams to a national tournament at all three NCAA levels.
Maryville College
• NCAA Division III Tournament ~ five times
• Converse/WBCA District 5 Coach of the Year ~ 1990, 1992, 1993
Francis Marion
• NCAA Division II Tournament ~ two times
• Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year ~ 1996-97
Chattanooga
• NCAA Division I Tournament ~ eight times
• Women’s National Invitation Tournament ~ three times
• WBCA Victory Award ~ 400 career victories ~ 2007
• WBCA Victory Award ~ 500 career victories ~ 2011
• Southern Conference Coach of the Year ~ 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
• 2004 Tennessee Sports Writers Association Collegiate Coach of the Year

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NIKKI WEST

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • EIGHTH SEASON

I coach basketball like most others because I enjoy the game, but mostly I love to
teach. I enjoy helping others succeed and seeing them prosper, not only in basketball, but also in life. For me, basketball is an outlet that allows me to be me and I
love that I can do it everyday. It gives me a chance to encourage and be a positive
impact on someone else’s life.

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West begins her
The West File
eighth season with the
Lady Mocs basketball
Birthdate....................................................................... May 6, 1977
program,
working
Place............................................................. Seneca, South Carolina
extensively with the post players. Moore elevated her status from
Hometown.................................................... Seneca, South Carolina
Assistant Coach to Associate Head Coach in the summer of 2010.
High School.............................................................................Seneca
Prior to arriving at Chattanooga, she spent two seasons as an
College....................................................................... Clemson, 2000
assistant at Division II South Carolina-Spartanburg, but she always
Degree.............................................. B.S. Early Childhood Education
knew she wanted to coach at the Division I level.
Spouse................................................................................... Marcus
An All-ACC performer at Clemson, she spent her first two seasons
Married............................................................................June,
2011
as teammate to Laura Cottrell who later became an assistant coach
Parents.................................................
Mack
&
Shirley
Blassingame
at Chattanooga for three seasons. The 6-foot-2 forward received her
Siblings....................................... Three brothers: Tim, Rick, Michael
bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education in May of 2000. She
Hobbies/Interests................ Spending time with friends and family;
helped the Lady Tigers win the ACC Tournament title her freshman
..................................................... reading, shopping and socializing
year in 1996, the first-ever ACC basketball tournament title in school
history.
Playing Experience
Clemson also won the tournament title in 1999 with Blassingame
1996-99.............................................................. Clemson University
being named to the ACC All-Tournament team. The 1998-99 Lady
Tigers finished the season with a school-record 26 wins and advanced
Coaching Resume
to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Clemson finished the year
2002.................................................................Carolina Flames AAU
ranked 10th in the AP Poll.
2002-04.......................................USC-Spartanburg, Assistant Coach
West helped lead Clemson to four NCAA appearances in her four
2004-09...............................................Chattanooga Assistant Coach
years. She played in 126 games in her career, starting 53 times. She
2009-present.............................Chattanooga Associate Head Coach
averaged 5.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. She had her best
season as a senior, starting all 31 games and averaging 10.4 points and
7.9 rebounds. She also blocked 24 shots and tallied 44 steals.
She ranks 16th on Clemson’s all-time list with 537 rebounds and her 50.2 percent field goal percentage ranks ninth all-time. She was named
co-MVP and earned the Air Force Aim High Award in 1999. She was a three-year member of the athletics department’s Tiger Honor Roll.
West garnered some early coaching experience during
a two-year stay in Spartanburg, S.C., as a first grade teacher.
She coached the Carolina Lady Flames AAU team and led the
squad to the 15 and under state championship. She also served
as head coach of the junior varsity team at Dorman High School
and was a varsity assistant coach. She led the Lady Cavaliers to
a 15-4 record and the junior varsity championship in 2001.
West has an abundance of experience as a camp
instructor. She has served as a camp counselor and instructor
at Clemson’s basketball camp since 1996. She also worked as a
camp counselor for Athletes for Christ in 2001, helping improve
children athletically and spiritually.
West is a native of Seneca, S.C. She led the Seneca
High School to the state championship her senior year. She and
UTC football assistant coach Marcus West married last summer
in South Carolina.

2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
MIKE MURRAY

ASSISTANT COACH • SIXTH SEASON

Basketball and coaching is what I have always had a passion for. Basketball has
given me so much over the years: the opportunity to compete, travel the globe and
make lifelong friends. Having the opportunity to be a part of a team and working
hard toward a common goal is what makes it fun!
The Murray File
Birthdate.............................................................. February 22, 1980
Place......................................................Greensboro, North Carolina
Hometown.............................................Greensboro, North Carolina
High School............................................. Ragsdale, Jamestown, N.C.
College........................................................ Appalachian State, 2003
Degree............................................................. B.S. Sports Psycology
College.................................................................Chattanooga, 2006
Degree....................................................................... M.S. Education
Parents..........................................................John and Susie Murray
Siblings....................................................................... Tracy Mooring
Hobbies/Interests.......................................... Playing golf and tennis

When Lady Mocs’ Head Coach Wes Moore was in need of
an assistant coach, he didn’t have to look very far.
Mike Murray moved from the men’s staff to the women’s
after spending two seasons with the Mocs’ program and is now
entering his sixth season on Moore’s staff.
The Lady Mocs have gone 107-45 over that time and have
won four regular season titles, three SoCon league titles and
advanced to the postseason four times including three NCAA
Playing Experience
tournament appearances.
1994-98........................................................... Ragsdale High School
He joined the Mocs’ staff back in 2004 as a student assistant
Coaching Resume
coach under former UTC Head Coach Jeff Lebo and became the
2003-04.........................................Milligan College, Assistant Coach
Director of Basketball Operations the following year under first2004-05..............................................UTC Mocs Graduate Assistant
year Head Coach John Shulman.
2005-06.......................UTC Mocs Director of Basketball Operations
In his time with the Mocs, the men posted a two-year
2006-present.......................................Chattanooga Assistant Coach
record of 39-22 placing second in the SoCon North Division in
2004 and winning the North Division title in 2005. The Mocs
went on to win the SoCon tournament title in 2005 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they faced second-seeded
Wake Forest in the opening round of the New Mexico Regional.
Murray is a 2003 graduate of Appalachian State University of the Southern
Conference where he worked for head coach Houston Fancher as the men’s basketball
manager for three years.
Upon graduation from the Boone, N.C.,
Murray on coaching
school, he went to Milligan College where
the Lady Mocs
he served as an assistant coach under Tony
Wallingford in the 2003-04 season.
It’s an honor to be a part of
His responsibilities with the Lady Mocs
such
a tremendous program.
include film exchange and coordination of
Working
with Coach Moore and
team travel. On the court, Murray works
our
outstanding
young ladies on
extensively with the “post posse” including
a
day-to-day
basis
is a privilege.
Alex Anderson and Shanara Hollinquest
I
have
been
fortunate
to work
who have won four straight SoCon Player
and
learn
from
some
outstanding
of the Year titles and each has earned the
head coaches and Coach Moore is
league tournament’s MVP honor.
no exception. His love, dedication
Mike completed work on his Masters in
and knowledge of the game are
Education in May, 2006 from UTC.
what has brought him so much
success over his career and here
at Chattanooga.

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KATIE BURROWS

ASSISTANT COACH • FIRST SEASON
I believe that God has given us all certain abilities/gifts to use throughout our lives. For me, it was the knowledge and
skill to play, and now coach, the game of basketball. I was very fortunate to get to play at the collegiate level, travel the
U.S. and meet lots of people who are now my closest friends. I continue to be a part of this great game so that I can
help others to have the same wonderful experiences that I did growing up. It fills the competitive void that I would
have otherwise lost when my playing career was over. I feel so blessed that I am now getting the opportunity to coach
the Lady Mocs, competing for championships year in and year out.
After a four-year
stint as a player for
Wes Moore, Katie
Burrows begins her
second season on the
bench as an assistant
coach for the Lady

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Mocs.
Katie joined Wes Moore’s team in his third season at
UTC and was an integral member of a squad that won four
straight Southern Conference regular season titles and SoCon
Tournament crowns. In her time at UTC, the Lady Mocs posted
an overall record of 102-23 with wins over such teams as Florida
State, Alabama and Louisville. The Lady Mocs advanced to the
postseason all four years including three NCAA championships.
In her senior year, the Lady Mocs posted the nation's longest
active winning streak at 27 games culminating with UTC's NCAA
first-round win over Rutgers. In that game, Burrows sank the
most memorable shot in Chattanooga history nailing a 30-foot
bank shot from the right side sparking a comeback that led to a
74-69 win over the Scarlet Knights.
Katie earned a spot as one of Moore's Top 10 players in UTC's
celebration of "Moore in McKenzie, a Decade of Dominance".
She ranks in the top 10 in UTC history in 3-pointers made with
107 and 3-pointers attempted with 315.
For the last three years, Burrows has been a coach and
teacher at Ringgold High School. She took over a Ringgold
program that had won just three games in year prior to her
arrival. The Lady Tigers steadily increased their win total in each
of her three seasons culminating in Ringgold’s first state playoff
appearance since 1986 when the team lost to Rossville in the
Class AAA finals.
Prior to that she was the head coach of the girl’s basketball
team at Tullahoma High School in Tullahoma, Tenn., from 200507 and taught health and physical education. Immediately
following her graduation from UTC she was the assistant girls
basketball coach at GPS from 2004-05 under former UTC player
Susan Lance Crownover.
Katie attended Lookout Valley High School where she was
named the Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of Preps Female
Athlete of the Year and was a four-time first team Chattanooga
Times Free Press All-City and three-time Region Player of the
Year and first team all-state. She was named a Tennessee Class A
Miss Basketball finalist in back-to-back seasons.
Katie learned her trade at an early age from her father Joe

Galloway who was her high school coach. Joe serves on the
Hamilton County School Board and, along with his daughter
Kristen Clounch, is still coaching at Lookout Valley. Her brother
Keith Galloway is married to former UTC standout Jennifer
Wilson and the pair coach the boy's and girl's basketball teams
at Hardin Valley Academy in Knoxville.
Katie, a 2004 graduate of Chattanooga, earned a B.S. in
Exercise Science and Health K-12. She is married to Nick Burrows.

2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL
SHELBY HILL

MAURICE BURTON, III

MANAGER • SECOND SEASON

GRADUATE MANAGER • FIRST SEASON

Maurice Burton, III comes to
Chattanooga after a successful
high school coaching career.
Burton was an assistant
coach at White Station High
School in Memphis and
helped the Spartans to the
state title in 2009 as well as a
pair of runner-up finishes in 2008 and 2010 and an appearance
in the 2011 semifinals.
As head coach of the freshman team, Burton’s team
advanced to the West Tennessee sectional in 2011. He also
started the Lady Magic Elite AAU program and fielded 17-under
and 15-under teams.
Burton attended Overton High School in Memphis and
competed in the pole vault on the track and field team. His
younger brother Manuel played football in college for Arkansas
State. He is the son of Sherry and Maurice Burton, Jr.
Maurice is a 2002 graudate of UTC and is currently working
toward his Masters Degree in Education.

The File on Burton
Birthdate........................................................................ July 9, 1980
Hometown............................................................... Memphis, Tenn.
High School....................................................... Overton High School
College............................................... University of Tennessee, 2002
Degree........................................................................ B.S. Education
Parents............................................. Sherry and Maurice Burton, Jr.
Siblings......................................................................Manuel Burton
Playing Experience
Track and Field.................................................. Overton High School
Coaching Resume
2004-11................................................... White Station High School
..................................................................... Varsity Assistant Coach
...................................................................... Freshman Head Coach

Shelby enters her second season with
the Lady Mocs as a team manager. She
is a 2010 graduate of Sale Creek High
School where she played basketball and
volleyball for the Lady Panthers. She
was a three-time all-district performer
in both sports as well as a three-time
all-tournament selection. She was a
member of the Beta Club for four years
and was the Salutatorian of her senior class. She was named the
FCA Huddle Member of the Year.
Shelby is pursuing a degree in Nursing. She is the
daughter of Debbie and Warren Hill and has one younger sister,
Erin.

KIARA SMITH

MANAGER • FIRST SEASON

Kiara is a familiar face on the Lady
Mocs bench. After spending three
years with UTC as a guard, the Rome,
Ga., senior moves to the role of
manager. Kiara is a 2008 graduate of
Model High School where she led her
team to back-to-back region titles and
was named the Rome News Tribune
Player of the Year in both years. She
was the recipient of the Northwest
Georgia Tip-Off Club All Area MVP in her junior and senior years
and was a McDonald’s All American nominee as a senior. At
UTC, Smith’s playing time was limited due to knee surgery prior
to her freshman season. She played for two seasons with UTC
and had key plays against Richmond at the St. Peter’s Holiday
Classic, sending the game into overtime with a key block and
then into double-overtime with a last second layup. She drained
a trio of 3-pointers against Davidson to key the Lady Mocs to a
crucial Southern Conference win in her first year.
Kiara is majoring in criminal justice. She is the daughter
of Natasha Smith and Charles and Regina Smith. Her father
played football for the University of Georgia from 1980-85 and
was a member of the 1980 National Championship team. Her
brother Toryan graduated from Notre Dame where he was a
member of the Fightin’ Irish football team. Her stepbrothers are
OJ, Hameed, Jamahal and Amir Law.

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JEFF ANDREWS

ASSISTANT STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
Jeff Andrews begins his second season
with UTC and working with the women’s
program including the 11-time defending
Southern Conference champion Lady Mocs
basketball team.
Andrews comes to Chattanooga from
Auburn University where he spent
two years as an Assistant Strength and
Conditioning Coach. In his time at Auburn,
he helped train six Bejing Olympians who
returned wiht a combined four medals, two
silver and two bronze.
As a graduate assistant with the Tigers,
Andrews was responsible for all point scorers on the school’s first-ever
NCAA Track and Field Championship team in 2006.
He graduated from Auburn with an undergraduate degree in
Exercise Science in 2004 and in 2006 earned his Master’s Degree.
Her married the former Alicia Cooper on May 31, 2008 and
both are originally from Memphis.

TERESA ADCOX

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ERIN WEAVER

ATHLETIC TRAINER • SECOND SEASON
Erin Weaver joined the UTC athletic training
staff in August 2010 after spending the
previous 3 years at Charleston Southern
University. She is currently working as the
Lady Mocs basketball trainer and serves as
the insurance coordinator for the athletics
department.
While at Charleston Southern she was
responsible for the health care of the
women’s soccer, men’s and women’s
cross country and track and field teams.
Additionally, Weaver taught a practicum
course for the undergraduate athletic training program at CSU.
In 2008, Erin presented at the South Carolina Athletic Trainers’
Association Annual Meeting on functional rehabilitation techniques.
Prior to CSU, Weaver graduated with a Masters of Arts degree in
Physical Education with an emphasis in Sports and Fitness from the
University of Central Florida where she also worked with volleyball
team. Erin’s undergraduate degree is from Valdosta State University
where she majored in Sports Medicine/Athletic Training.
She is native of Lawrenceville, GA and enjoys spending time with
family, friends and her dog.

ANNE WEHUNT

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

Teresa Adcox is a 20-year veteran of the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
and has worked in both the university and
athletics administration. Her UTC career
began in the university’s Bursar’s office in
1990. After three years, she moved to the
Payroll office.
Adcox joined the Athletics staff in 1998
where she served as an administrative
assistant for the marketing and ticket
departments as well as the women’s
basketball staff.
She took over the role of administrative assistant for football
Head Coach Rodney Allison and his staff in August 2003 and is currently
the administrative assistant for Head Coach Russ Huesman.
Adcox has served on various campus committees. She was
elected Chair of the Employee Relations Committee in 1996 and was
Chair of the Staff-Faculty Appreciation Day, spending four years on
each committee. She was honored with the UTC Chancellor’s Blue
Ribbon Award in September 1997 for going the extra mile to help
fellow employees.
Prior to joining the UTC staff, Adcox worked at Life Chiropractic
College in Marietta, Ga., for President and Founder Sid Williams.
Born in Chattanooga, Adcox graduated from Antioch High
School in Nashville. Ther former Teresa Waters and her husband John,
have been married 30 years. John is employed by Central Transport. The
couple has two daughters, Shannon and April, and four grandchildren,
Tayler, Madison, Kalen and Bryson.

Anne was hired as an assistant Sports
Information Director in 2004 after working
for four years as an office assistant.
She is responsible for the day-to-day
media and public relations efforts for
women’s basketball, women’s soccer, cross
country and track and field. She handles
a share of the graphics work for the
department.
A member of the College Sports
Information Director’s of America (CoSIDa),
she also assists with the daily operations of
the Athletics Communciations office as well as game day operations for
football.
Wehunt served two years as the assistant to the Executive
Director of the Nationwide Tour Chattanooga Classic Golf Tournament
in Chattanooga and continues as a chairperson for the event.
Wehunt is a 1996 graduate of UTC with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Communication and a minor in English. While a student,
she was a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America
(PRSSA) and was elected the Executive Director of Rising Star
Communications, a student-run pubic relations firm.
In 1997, she returned to her alma mater, Notre Dame High
School, and taught all grade levels until 2001. In addition to teaching
Art, Religion, Contemporary Issues and Journalism, she was the advisor
for the school newspaper, The Marian and the yearbook, the Echo. She
was the school’s assistant volleyball coach and junior varsity coach for
two years. She helped lead the Lady Irish to the Division II Region title
and to the State Tournament in 1999.

2011-12 CHATTANOOGA BASKETBALL

DR. ROGER BROWN
University Chancellor

Dr.
Roger
G.
Brown,
a
proven
academic leader and
native Tennessean, is
the fifteenth head of The
University of Tennessee
at
Chattanooga.
His
appointment
as
Chancellor
was
celebrated by the campus
in February of 2006.
Under
Brown’s
leadership, the campus
has experienced record
enrollment growth at
all levels, reaching the
significant milestone of
surpassing more than
10,000 students in fall
2009. Since taking the
helm of the Chattanooga campus, he has promoted UTC’s
mission as a metropolitan university with special emphasis in
the fields of science, mathematics, and technology. Brown has
also pledged the campus’ commitment to teacher preparation,
healthcare professions, business and commerce, and cultural
appreciation.
UTC recently completed a strategic planning initiative that
focuses campus efforts on the power of partnerships, especially
relationships within the learning laboratory of Chattanooga.
In 2008, Chattanooga earned the Community Engagement
designation by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching in recognition of its many successful partnerships in the
community.
Brown came to Chattanooga from the University of North
Carolina at Pembroke, where he served as Provost and Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs since 2000. Previously, he
had served since 1991 in various academic and administrative
capacities with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Brown left UNC Charlotte in 2000 as Senior Associate Provost
and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
A political scientist with particular academic emphasis in
American government, Brown earned bachelor’s and master’s
degrees in Political Science from the University of Tennessee and

Dr. Richard Brown
Vice Chancellor
Finance & Operations

Chuck Cantrell

Assistant Vice Chancellor
University Relations

Dr. John Delaney
Vice Chancellor
Student Development

the Ph.D. in Political Science from The Johns Hopkins University.
He began his teaching career at Iowa State University in 1983
before joining the UNC Charlotte faculty in 1985.
In 2002, Brown was appointed to the inaugural delegation
of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Sino-American Leadership Development Training for Higher
Education Leaders in China. He has traveled on assignment for
the U.S. Department of State to Syria, Jordan, and Israel. He
also helped establish international exchanges with universities in
Germany, France, South Korea, and South Africa.
In Chattanooga, Brown is a member of Rotary International and
has also been named to the United Way of Greater Chattanooga
Board of Directors, the RiverCity Company Board, and the
Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
He is a commissioner of the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools and has
been appointed to the
Southeast
Tennessee
PreK-16
Education
Council.
A strong supporter
of athletics, Dr. Brown
recently agreed to serve
as the Chair of the
Southern
Conference
Council of Presidents.
This appointment runs
through the 2011-12
academic year.
Brown’s
wife
and
partner,
Dr.
Carolyn
Thompson, is also a
committed
community
activist. In addition to her
involvement and support
of the university, she
currently serves on the boards of the Community Foundation
of Greater Chattanooga, Memorial Healthcare System, Jordan
Thomas Foundation, Community Impact, and Women’s Fund of
Greater Chattanooga.
The couple has two children, Caroline and Austin. Roger and
Carolyn also share custody of “Madeline Albright,” a rescued
husky mix with diplomatic immunity.

Terry Denniston
Executive Assistant
to the Chancellor

Bob Lyon

Vice Chancellor
University Advancement

Dr. Phil Oldham

Vice Chancellor
Provost of Academic Affairs

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RICK HART

Director of Intercollegiate Atlhetics
When Rick Hart came to
the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga, he brought with him
a vision and plan for the future
of the Mocs. Since his hiring on
May 23, 2006, Hart has changed
the landscape of the UTC Athletics
Department with his leadership,
organizational skills and innovative
ideas on how to fulfill the Mocs’
mission of preparing students for
productive and meaningful lives.
Entering his fifth season as the
Director of Athletics, Hart’s efforts
have made a tremendous impact
on the Mocs student-athletes’ quest
for
comprehensive
excellence
– academically, athletically and
socially.

Academically
• Added staff to both the Compliance
and Academic Services departments to help student-athletes progress
toward the ultimate goal of earning a college degree.
• Over half of the Mocs’ student-athletes made the Athletic Director’s
Honor Roll each of the last two semesters.
• Shown continuous improvement in the overall grade-point-averages for
student-athletes in each of the last five semesters - highlighted by a 2.87
g.p.a. in the spring of 2010, the highest semester mark for the Mocs since
Hart’s arrival.
• Developed and implemented an ambitious APR improvement plan that
is working to increase the APR scores of all Mocs athletics programs.
Athletically
• Captured 14 regular season and 16 tournament championships in the
Southern Conference over the last four seasons, more than any other
SoCon school during that time.
• In 2008-09, Chattanooga posted school records with five teams
competing in the NCAA Championships and 10 squads represented in
the postseason.
• Set a school record in 2009 with a 99th place finish in the NACDA
Learfield Director’s Cup that measures the overall success of all Division
I athletic programs. Three of the Mocs’ top-5 all time finishes in the
NACDA Director’s Cup have come in Hart’s tenure.
• Captured UTC’s first Germann Cup in 2007-08, signifying the best
all-around women’s sports program in the Southern Conference; and
finished second in both the Germann Cup and Commissioner’s Cup
standings in 2008-09.
• 15 student-athletes selected as SoCon Athletes of the Year while three
Mocs have been named the SoCon Female Athletes of the Year.
Socially
• Encouraged Chattanooga student-athletes in their involvement with
many local community projects and charity work and has personally
served as a member of the Chattanooga Rotary, the Grand Marshal of the
2007 Region 4 Special Olympics and is a sought-after speaker among
the area’s many civic organizations.
• Cultivated and maintained relationships with local and national press
that has led to unequalled media attention for a program of this size.
• During the men’s basketball NCAA Tournament run in 2009, the NBC’s
“Late Show with Jimmy Fallon” adopted the Mocs as its team of the
tournament. The week-long exposure brought in an estimated $500,000
of advertising and national exposure for UTC.
• Expanded educational programming for student-athletes, coaches and
staff as part of a commitment to learning and personal and professional
development.
• Focused attention on strengthening the relationship between Mocs
Athletics and the UTC campus community.

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Hart has also been very successful in the traditional roles as
UTC Athletics Director. In an effort to ensure efficient and effective
management of all elements of the athletics program, and to better align
athletics with the academic mission of the institution, Hart developed and
installed the Strategic Plan for UTC Athletics. A focus on the studentathlete experience has resulted in increased ticket sales and fundraising,

innovative partnerships, improved athletics facilities and the addition of
quality coaches.
Revenue Generation/Fundraising/Attendance
• Signed an exclusive, long-term marketing rights deal with Learfield
Sports that guarantees record revenues from advertising and marketing
with UTC Athletics.
• Restructured the Mocs Club, resulting in nearly a 20% increase in the
number of members over the last year.
• Secured three major gifts from UTC benefactors that totaled over $2
million in the past two years.
• Excluding these three major gifts, the Mocs Club capped the $1 million
mark for each of the last two years.
• Implemented a donor program for football season ticket sales, hospitality
and parking.
• Overall ticket revenues have increased nearly 35% since Hart’s first
year.
• Women’s basketball has led the SoCon in attendance in each of Hart’s
four years.
• Football set a school record with over 2,500 season tickets sold in 2009.
UTC averaged over 10,000 fans per game for a full season for the first
time in Finley Stadium history in 2009.
Facilities
• Completed the state-of-the-art Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success
Center which includes the Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning and
Chattem Basketball Practice Facilities.
• Received funding from Renee Haugerud and John Murphy in support of
major improvements to Scrappy Moore Field, the Mocs’ football practice
facility.
• Partnered with the City of Chattanooga and The First Tee to construct a
practice facility for the golf teams.
• Enhanced the Football Locker Room, Visiting Team Basketball Locker
Rooms, Academic Computer Lab and Administrative Offices
• Installed video boards in McKenzie Arena
• Acquired land needed to develop plans and a funding model for an oncampus facility for Track & Field and Women’s Soccer.
Coaches
• Ignited fans everywhere with the hiring of Russ Huesman, a former Moc
letter winner, in December 2008 to “Restore the Glory” to Chattanooga
Football.
• Orchestrated Jeff Clark’s return to the head coaching position of the
women’s tennis program in 2007.
• Hired former Moc Heath Eslinger to head the wresting program in 2009.
Eslinger won the Mocs’ sixth-straight SoCon regular season title in 2010.
Managing finite resources in collegiate athletics is widely known as a
difficult task. Hart made fiscal stewardship a priority for the department
since his arrival. With diligent leadership and a commitment from each
and every member of the department, UTC Athletics has made significant
strides towards reducing the financial burden on the institution – including
a balanced budget three of the last four years.
Hart arrived on the UTC campus after serving seven years at the
University of Oklahoma in various athletics administrative capacities.
Hart’s career with the Sooners began in 1999 as the Director of Marketing
and Licensing. He became Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and
Licensing in 2001, and developed and implemented marketing campaigns
which generated annual ticket revenues in excess of $19.5 million. Hart
was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Program Advancement
and Branding in 2003 and Senior Associate Athletics Director in 2006.
Hart has also worked in athletics for the University of North Carolina
and East Carolina University and has served with the U.S. Olympic
Committee. A 1994 graduate of UNC, Hart earned a bachelor’s degree in
Physical Education, Health and Sport Science. Hart and his wife, Allison,
also a graduate of North Carolina, have a son, Trevor, 11, and a daughter,
Caroline, 8.
A third-generation athletics administrator, Hart’s father, Dave, currently
serves as Executive Director of Athletics at the University of Alabama,
and his late grandfather, Dave Sr., served in a variety of roles within
collegiate athletics including a stint as the Commissioner of the Southern
Conference from 1987-91.

The 2011 Preseason WNIT is a three-game guarantee format involving 16 teams
from 16 different conferences that are included by invitation only. All games are
hosted by participating schools. The initial round of the event will involve eight
sites hosted by participating institutions.
First Round Winners: The eight Round One winners will continue on in
traditional bracket play, with half of them hosting the other half in separate host
sites. The winning teams will continue on, with separate host sites throughout
the semifinals and championship. The two teams in the championship game
will play four games in the tournament.

Consolation Round 1 (Round 1 Losers)
(games 2 & 3)

Host Site A

First Round Losers: The eight teams that lose their first games will be regrouped into â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consolation bracket quads,â&#x20AC;? which are two four-team pools. One
team in each pool will be selected to host the other three teams. The host site
will be announced after the completion of all Round 1 games. Each team in this
consolation round will play two games for a total of three in the tournament.
These are called Consolation Rounds 1 and 2.
Quarterfinal Round Losers (from original bracket): Of the four quarterfinal
teams that lose in that round, two teams will be selected to host one of the
other quarterfinal round losers in a single game at separate sites. This game
provides the third game for each of these schools. This round is Consolation
Round 3.

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The 2011 event will start the first Friday of the regular season (Nov. 11). Round
Two will be targeted for the ensuing Sunday or Monday (Nov. 13/14), with
the semifinals occurring the next Wednesday or Thursday (Nov. 16/17). The
tournament championship will be scheduled for Nov. 20, nine days after the
tournament opens. The Consolation Bracket Quads will be played on or around
Nov. 18-19, seven days following the first round. Round Two losers will play on
or around Nov. 18 or 19, at separate sites.

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The Southern Conference, which
began its 91st season of intercollegiate
competition in 2011, is a national leader
in emphasizing the development of the
student-athlete and in helping to build
lifelong leaders and role models.
The Southern Conference is the nation’s
fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate
athletic association. Only the Big Ten
(1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the
Pacific 10 (1915) and the Southwestern
Athletic (1920) conferences are older in
terms of origination.
Academic excellence has been a major
part of the Southern Conference’s tradition.
Hundreds of Southern Conference
student-athletes have been recognized on
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic
All-America and all-district teams. A total
of 19 Rhodes Scholarship winners
have been selected from conference
institutions.
The Conference currently consists
of 12 members in five states throughout
the Southeast and sponsors 19
varsity sports and championships
that produce participants for NCAA
Division I Championships.
The Southern Conference offices
are located in the historic Beaumont
Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. A textile mill
that was in operation from 1880 until
1999, Beaumont Mill was renovated in
2004 and today offers the league first
class meeting areas and offices as
well as a spacious library for storage of
the conference’s historical documents.

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Membership History
On Feb. 25, 1921, representatives from
14 of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Association’s (SIAA) 30 members met at
Atlanta’s Piedmont Hotel to establish the
Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On
hand at the inaugural meeting were officials
from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia,
Georgia School of Technology (Georgia
Tech), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi
A&M (Mississippi State), North Carolina,
North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia
Tech) and Washington & Lee.
Dr. S.V. Sanford of Georgia was chosen
as acting chairman and N.W. Dougherty
of Tennessee was named secretary. The
decision to form a new athletic conference
was motivated by the desire to have a
workable number of conference games for
each league member.
Play began in the fall of 1921 and a
year later, six more schools joined the
fledgling league including Tulane (which
had attended the inaugural meeting but
had elected not to join), Florida, LSU,
Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
VMI joined in 1925 and Duke was added in
1929.
By the 1930s, membership in the

Southern Conference had reached 23
schools. C.P. “Sally” Miles of Virginia Tech,
president of the Southern Conference,
called the annual league meeting to order
on Dec. 9, 1932 at the Farragut Hotel in
Knoxville, Tenn. Georgia’s Dr. Sanford
announced that 13 institutions west and
south of the Appalachian Mountains
were reorganizing as the Southeastern
Conference. Members of the new league
included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Florida, Georgia, Georgia School
of Technology, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Mississippi A&M, University
of the South, Tennessee, Tulane and
Vanderbilt.
The Southern Conference continued
with membership of 10 institutions
including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North

Carolina, North Carolina State, South
Carolina, Virginia, VMI, Virginia Tech and
Washington & Lee.
The second major shift occurred some
20 years later. By 1952, the Southern
Conference included 17 colleges and
universities. Another split occurred when
seven schools including Clemson, Duke,
Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina
State, South Carolina and Wake Forest
departed to form the Atlantic Coast
Conference which began play in 1953.
The revamped Southern Conference
included members The Citadel, Davidson,
Furman, George Washington, Richmond,
VMI, Virginia Tech, Washington & Lee,
West Virginia and William & Mary.
Today, the league continues to thrive
with a membership that includes 12
institutions and a footprint that spans five
states: Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Current
league members are Appalachian State,
Chattanooga, College of Charleston, The
Citadel, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia
Southern, UNC Greensboro, Samford,
Western Carolina and Wofford.
Coaches and Administrators
The Southern Conference has also

been a breeding ground for some of
college athletics’ most recognized coaches
and administrators.
Legendary basketball coaches Adolph
Rupp of Kentucky and Everett Case of
North Carolina State both worked the
sidelines in the Southern Conference.
Rupp guided the Wildcats to a 30-5 mark
during the 1931 and 1932 seasons. Yet,
for all his coaching accomplishments,
Rupp never led Kentucky to a Southern
Conference tournament championship.
Case mentored the Wolfpack to six
consecutive
Southern
Conference
Tournament championships from 1947
through 1952.
Lefty Driesell coached Davidson to
three Southern Conference Tournament
championships in 1966, 1968 and 1969.
Driesell also won the league’s
Coach of the Year award four
straight times from 1963 through
1966. Former Georgia Tech coach
Bobby Cremins earned league
Coach of the Year honors three
times in the late ’70s and early ’80s
while at Appalachian State and is
now the head coach at the College
of Charleston.
Terry Holland saw his basketball
coaching career take off at
Davidson when he returned to
his alma mater in 1970. Holland
was honored as the Southern
Conference Coach of the Year for
three consecutive seasons from
1970-72 and led the Wildcats to
the conference tournament title
and an appearance in the NCAA
Tournament in 1970. J. Dallas Shirley, a
member of the Basketball Hall of Fame,
spent 21 years as the assistant to the
commissioner and supervisor of officials
in the Southern Conference. He also
served as president of the International
Association Basketball Officials and
the United States Olympic Basketball
Committee.
The legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant
got his coaching start in the Southern
Conference as he guided the Maryland
Terrapins in 1945. Another famous
Southern Conference football coach is
the late Frank Howard of Clemson, who
guided the Tigers as a league member
from 1940-52. The incomparable Howard
won 69 Southern Conference games.
The Southern Conference has been
represented on the sidelines at five Super
Bowls in recent years. Bobby Ross, who
piloted the San Diego Chargers to the
1996 Super Bowl, was the head coach at
The Citadel from 1973-77. Former Buffalo
Bills head coach Marv Levy directed
William & Mary from 1964-68. He was
succeeded at William & Mary by Lou Holtz.
William & Mary competed in the Southern
Conference from 1936-77.

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2010-11 NCAA Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball
Final National Ranking Summary
Teams - 332 ranked
Category
Scoring Offense
Scoring Defense
Scoring Margin
Field Goal Percentage
Field Goal Percentage Defense
Free Throw Percentage
Rebound Margin
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game
Three-Point Field Goal Percentage
Won-Lost Percentage
Assists Per Game
Blocked Shots Per Game
Steals Per Game
Turnovers Per Game
Personal Fouls Per Game
Assist Turover Ratio
Turnover Margin
Three Point Field Goal Defense
Senior Whitney Hood scored a career-high
40 points against Wofford on Jan. 2 at the
Roundhouse. It was the third most points
scored in a game at UTC and the most in the
Southern Conference last year.

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The 1984 team won the first-ever Southern Conference
Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball Title. The team went on to compete in
the WNIT, falling to Vanderbilt in the finals. The Lady Mocs,
ranked 20th in the AP Poll at the end of the 1983-84 season,
were coached by Sharon Cable Fanning and assisted by Doug
Mosier.

Shanara Hollinquest broke
a 22-year-old school record
with 498 career free throws.
She surpassed Regina Kirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
record of 448. She also
holds the top two spots
for free throws made in a
season with 156 her junior
year and 181 as a senior.

Alex Anderson holds the UTC school record
for most points scored in a single season in
the Division I era. She scored 677 points in
the 2006-07 season as a junior. Anderson is
ranked fifth all-time at UTC in scoring with
1,732 career points and is only the second
player in school history to have more than
1,000 rebounds with 1,010.

Tennessee Temple
Jacksonville State
Alabama-Huntsville
at Covenant College
Lane
N.C. State
& vs. Louisville
& vs. Miami (Ohio)
Missouri
at Tennessee Wesleyan
Shorter
at Tennessee State
at Alabama-Huntsville
at Kentucky State
Northern Kentucky
at Shorter College

at Valdosta State
at Miss. Women’s Univ.
Nebraska
at Auburn
at Louisville
Vanderbilt
Memphis State
Valdosta State
Tennessee-Martin
!Miami (Ohio)
!Northern Kentucky
at Carson-Newman
at Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
at Tennessee Wesleyan
at East Tennessee State

Alabama
Austin Peay
at Kentucky
!vs. SE Louisiana
!vs. Mississippi State
Berry
at South Alabama
at Southern Mississippi
Alabama
Memphis State
at UAB
Western Kentucky
at East Tennessee State
at Appalachian State
Middle Tennessee
%vs. Appalachian State
%vs. Marshall
at Tennessee Tech
at Clemson
#Shorter College
#Vanderbilt
at Middle Tennessee
UAB
Georgia
Western Carolina
at Tennessee-Martin
Auburn
at Vanderbilt
&vs. East Tennessee State
&vs. Vanderbilt
+vs. Eastern Kentucky